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Hello, I’m really pleased to be hosting you at the Department of Transportation, and so pleased with today’s announcement. You know it was almost 5 decades ago, during Republican Gerald Ford's administration, that DOT introduced those first-ever CAFE standards, as Steve mentioned. Started in the...
Detroit Free Press:“Saying those existing standards have helped push the cost of new vehicle to an average of $35,000 or more — and that they could add as much as $2,340 to the cost of a new car — the Trump administration has argued that those standards are no longer feasible or appropriate and...