The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration essentially repealed the changes the Trump administration made to engine efficiency standards, reverting back to the pre-Dark Time rules that push vehicles to hit 40 miles per gallon by 2026, the Associated Press reports.
According to the NTSB, the increase from the Trump-installed standard of 28 miles per gallon would save more than 220 billion gallons of gas over the operating life of all vehicles currently on the road.
“Transportation is the second-largest cost for American families, only behind housing,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. The new standards will help keep the U.S. more secure and preserve “the freedom of our country to chart its future without being subject to other countries and to the decisions that are being made in the boardrooms of energy companies.”