WashingtonTrump announced a rollback of Biden’s 50.4 mpg fuel target for 2031.
Drivers face Brent crude at $114.90 a barrel as of 22 September, up 23.9% in 30 days.
Federal standards make automakers meet fleetwide mpg averages, so efficient sales must offset inefficient ones.
No federal law requires Americans to buy electric cars or bars sales of petrol ones.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says details of the new US standards come Monday.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 30+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online
- documents Trump's rhetorical 'EV mandate' framing (no mandate actually exists) while standards do lower emissions
Sources: Al Jazeera Online