Cars reached record fuel efficiency, EPA data shows, just in time for a Trump rollback
The fuel efficiency of the U.S. auto fleet hit a record in 2018, new data this week shows, a high-water mark that may be temporary as the Trump administration is working to roll back stricter Obama-era rules for cars and trucks. For now, interagency tension, reported by the Wall Street Journal, may delay the regulatory change for an auto industry that is in part scrambling to adjust to the expected looser rules — backed by some manufacturers, including General Motor GM, -4.68% , Ford Motor F, -3.70% and Toyota TM, -1.61% — yet still respond to rising demand for ever-more-efficient cars from green-minded younger buyers.
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