The US Transportation Department may freeze fuel efficiency standards for cars from model year 2021 to 2025, a year earlier than previously disclosed, it said. In the notice, which was posted on its website late Friday, the department said that if automakers fail to meet their targets by 2020, they will face penalties of up to $14,000 per vehicle and could President Trump launched a review of those rules after car makers said the Obama administration did not adequately determine their feasibility. However, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers demanded that the review of environmental standards goes ahead regardless of any relaxation to US regulations.
The US Transportation Department may freeze fuel efficiency standards for cars from model year 2021 to 2025, a year earlier than previously disclosed, it said. The revised environmental impact standards would overturn the Obama administration's decision to raise the standards each year from model years 2022 to 2025. President Trump launched a review of those rules after car makers said the Obama administration did not adequately determine their feasibility. However, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers demanded that the review of environmental standards goes ahead regardless of any relaxation to US regulations.