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The EPA is scrapping fuel economy regs, claiming it will bring back US jobs

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US Environmental Protection Agency is throwing out fuel economy regulations that were planned to go into effect from 2026 through 2032 .

The new regulations would have required automakers to sell more electric vehicles than they currently do.

This was widely expected to happen; the first Trump administration was tireless in its attempts to roll back vehicle pollution controls.

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