The Biden administrations electric vehicle agenda suffered a major blow as President Donald Trump declared that the White Houses aggressive fuel economy regime the backbone of its de facto EV mandate has been scrapped in favor of standards aimed at consumer choice, lower prices, and American manufacturing.
According to Western Journal, Trump used his Truth Social platform to announce the policy reversal in characteristically blunt terms, casting it as a victory for workers and drivers who have been squeezed by Washingtons green central planning. BIG DAY FOR AMERICAN AUTO WORKERS AND CAR BUYERS! I have just approved new Fuel Economy Standards that TERMINATE Sleepy Joe Biden and Pete Boot-EDGE-EDGEs ridiculous EV Mandate, he wrote, signaling a sharp break from the Biden-era push to force the market toward electric vehicles.
The Dumocrats cost our Great Auto Manufacturers $Billions, forced Americans into cars they never wanted, and wasted Billions on Chargers that were never built, Trump added, underscoring the conservative critique that the lefts climate agenda has been both economically destructive and wildly inefficient.
Trump framed the new rules as a direct benefit to families and a lifeline to an industry battered by regulatory overreach, arguing that his administrations approach would restore sanity to auto production. These new Standards will take the waste out of building cars in America. That means LOWER PRICES, saving families thousands on a new, beautiful, and safe car, he said, drawing a clear contrast with Bidens top-down mandates. He also took aim at the aesthetic and practical downsides of many EV-focused designs, saying the vehicles that will now be produced will be far better than the Environmental Monsters that we were building heretofore.
The president emphasized that automakers themselves have been eager for relief from the Biden rules, which effectively tried to regulate gasoline-powered cars out of existence. Every Manufacturer, from General Motors to Ford to Stellantis, has called me wanting to build here, and now they can! he said, suggesting that regulatory flexibility is already encouraging investment at home rather than abroad. Under my Administration, over 100 $Billion is being invested in American Autos, and thats just the beginning. The Plants are coming back, and Jobs are returning, to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, and all over our Country, he continued, tying his regulatory rollback to a broader industrial revival in key manufacturing states.
Trump also credited his cabinet for helping unwind the Biden-era green agenda and restore a pro-growth posture in Washington. Thank you to our Great Secretaries of Transportation and Commerce, Sean Duffy and Howard Lutnick. AMERICA IS BACK. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! he declared, casting the policy shift as part of a larger effort to reassert American economic strength. The message fits squarely within a conservative vision that prioritizes domestic production, energy abundance, and consumer freedom over climate mandates crafted by bureaucrats and activists.
Under Biden, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards were set on a trajectory that would have forced automakers fleets of passenger cars and light trucks to average roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031, a target that, in practice, required a massive pivot to EVs. The standards were explicitly framed to push production and sales of electric vehicles, effectively using regulation to steer the market rather than allowing consumers to decide what to drive. CNBC reported that the detailed text of Trumps revised standards had not yet been released as of Saturday evening, leaving industry analysts and drivers waiting to see the exact numbers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted what appeared to be a signal that those details will be unveiled Monday, indicating that the administration intends to move quickly to give manufacturers regulatory clarity.
Trump has long blasted Bidens EV-centric policy as an elitist project that punishes working- and middle-class Americans who rely on affordable, practical gasoline vehicles. He previously said Bidens goal was ridiculous, very expensive, arguing that the White House was using environmental pretexts to reshape the auto market without voter consent. It put tremendous upward pressure on car prices, combined with the insane electric vehicle mandate. Bidens burdensome regulations have caused the price of cars to soar more than 25 percent, and in one case, they went up 18 percent in one year, Trump commented last year, according to Fox Business, highlighting the inflationary impact of regulatory zeal.
For Trump and many conservatives, the EV push is not just bad policy but emblematic of a broader ideological project that subordinates prosperity and freedom to climate orthodoxy. The greatest scam in American history, the Green New Scam. And its a quest to end the gasoline-powered car. This is what they wanted to do, even though we have more gasoline than any other country by far, he said, arguing that the left is deliberately sidelining Americas energy advantage. And people want the gasoline car. They want everything. They want electric. They want to have lots of alternatives. But they do want the gasoline car. Right now, its leading away by a lot, Trump added, insisting that consumer preference not bureaucratic fiat should determine the future of transportation.
As the administration prepares to release the full text of the new fuel economy standards, the central question is whether Washington will finally step back from using regulation to engineer lifestyle changes that Americans have repeatedly rejected. Trumps move signals a return to a more market-driven approach in which families, not federal planners, decide what they drive, while automakers are freed from mandates that distorted investment and drove up costs; for millions of drivers priced out of the Biden-era green new scam, that shift cannot come soon enough.
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