Republicans just ended Federal car mileage mandates.
The rules added $6,000 to the cost of a car. They siphoned billions from American car companies to foreigners.
And they killed 100,000 Americans by forcing them to drive tin cans. pic.twitter.com/iaVt8bH4IM
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 6, 2025
Republicans just ended federal car mileage rules that made cars safer and cleaner.
Those rules added about $6,000 to each car’s price, but they forced car makers to build better, safer cars.
Now those protections are gone. More dirty cars will hit the road, and more people will die.
Reuters said, “Automakers face no fines for failures to meet fuel efficiency rules dating back to the 2022 model year” https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-tells-automakers-they-face-no-fuel-economy-penalties-last-three-years-2025-07-16/.
The government dropped Biden’s plan to get cars to 50 miles per gallon by 2031. Those plans are dead.
Cheap gas guzzlers will flood streets again. Car companies get a free pass to sell unsafe cars.
InsideEVs said car makers blamed these rules for making cars more expensive but forgot to mention how many lives those rules saved https://insideevs.com/news/765944/cafe-fuel-economy-rules-dead-ev-sales/.
The truth is these rollbacks will cause more deaths. Experts say 100,000 people have died because Americans were forced to drive small, unsafe cars.
This is not progress. It is a dangerous choice to let polluters win and ignore public safety.