The Trump administration unveiled a significant rollback of the Biden administration’s national fuel economy standards on Wednesday to make it easier for automakers to build and sell gas-powered cars.

The termination would undo standards put in place by then-President Joe Biden in 2022 that now require carmakers to average 50.4 miles per gallon across their passenger cars and light trucks by the 2031 model year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the new Trump proposed standards, which will exclude electric vehicles, will achieve an average fuel economy of 34.5 miles per gallon by model year 2031, effectively returning to what was in place during Trump’s first term.

The repeal of the Biden-era standards, which will trigger a lengthy rulemaking proc

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