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US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements
www.reuters.com/world/us-announce-sharply-lower-vehicle-fuel-economy-requirements-2026-08-31/Replying to @stumu415@lemmy.zip
What’s funny is with the cost of gas spiking I don’t think it’ll honestly have a huge effect (not saying I agree with rolling this back). People are tired
Replying to @Prairie_Madness@lemmy.world
Yeah, that’s exactly what I thought as well. Fuel economy has been a major selling point for as long as cars have existed, because it’s always been a major part of the cost of running a vehicle.
Replying to @Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
Fuel economy hasn’t been a selling feature for a majority of buyers in the US since the 1970s. If it was, Ford wouldn’t have stopped shipping sedans here, and EVs wouldn’t need incentives and rebates.
A large section of the US market prefers to take out huge loans to buy an Escalade or a Ford F150 and then bitch about it when gas prices go up.
Replying to @reddig33@lemmy.world
F150? What am I, a teenager? F250 super duty at least, please.
Replying to @frongt@lemmy.zip
And even the F150 is much larger than it used to be.
Replying to @gnate@lemmy.world
Apparently all the F-series trucks share the same cab now.