Who benefits from strong fuel efficiency standards?
Everyone! Especially low- to middle-income drivers and rural drivers. Higher EPA standards give us cars that go further on a gallon of gas, and save us money on our commutes every day. Tell the EPA today: we want to keep our fuel savings.
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Tell the Trump Administration: Don’t Gut the Clean Car Standards
At the industry’s request, President Trump is trying to weaken vehicle emissions standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) so automakers can slow down the progress toward making more fuel-efficient cars and trucks. These standards are the single biggest step our country has taken to cut oil use and global warming pollution.
These standards are not just about reducing oil use and pollution, they’re great for consumers too, already saving more than $47 billion at the pump.In fact, two particular groups benefit the most from these standards: low- to middle-income drivers and rural drivers.
Low- to middle-income drivers tend to spend a larger portion of their paychecks on transportation. Luckily, steady improvements in fuel efficiency have already saved the average middle-income household as much as $17,000 from 1980 to 2014. Strong standards also benefit rural drivers more because they are particularly dependent on personal vehicles, usually having to travel farther to get to work while having less access to public transportation. If we want to protect the most vulnerable American families, we have to make sure the EPA keeps car companies working in their best interests.
If the federal fuel efficiency and global warming emissions standards are kept strong, we will nearly double the fuel economy of new cars and light trucks by 2025. And most people finance their vehicles, so even after accounting for the slight extra cost of new technology, more fuel-efficient cars and trucks start saving drivers money the second they drive off the lot.
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