Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient
Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient
特朗普敲定新规，降低汽车燃油效率标准
The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.” 美国交通部今日敲定了放宽燃油效率标准的计划，并称这是“特朗普第二任期内规模最大的放松管制行动之一”。
It’s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald Trump’s plan requires 34.9 miles per gallon, not much higher than the 30.1-mile-per-gallon target previously set for model year 2024. 这为拜登时期的标准敲响了丧钟，该标准原要求到2031车型年，车队平均燃油经济性需达到每加仑50.4英里。而唐纳德·特朗普总统的计划要求为每加仑34.9英里，这与此前设定的2024车型年每加仑30.1英里的目标相比，并没有高出多少。
The Trump administration claims its plan would shave $1,300 off the average cost of a new vehicle, saving $138 billion over the next five years — though those figures have been disputed. 特朗普政府声称，其计划将使新车的平均成本降低1300美元，并在未来五年内节省1380亿美元——尽管这些数据一直存在争议。
Automakers are pretty happy with the new rules. But consumer advocacy, health, and environmental groups are incensed. They argue that weaker fuel economy standards will wind up making Americans pay more at the pump, on top of increased healthcare costs and damages from climate change due to air pollution. The Biden administration’s standards that Trump trashed were expected to save $23 billion in fuel costs, and a car owner more than $600 in gasoline over the lifetime of a vehicle. 汽车制造商对新规感到相当满意。但消费者权益保护组织、健康组织和环保团体对此感到愤怒。他们认为，更宽松的燃油经济性标准最终会导致美国人在加油站支付更多费用，此外还会增加医疗成本，以及因空气污染导致的气候变化所带来的损失。特朗普废除的拜登政府标准原预计可节省230亿美元的燃油成本，并为每位车主在车辆使用寿命内节省超过600美元的汽油费。
“For decades, fuel economy standards have ensured that new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks are more efficient, which saves lives and money,” the American Lung Association’s president and CEO, Harold Wimmer, said in an emailed statement. “There is no reason to weaken standards that are technologically feasible and have a direct benefit for the quality of the air people breathe.” 美国肺脏协会主席兼首席执行官哈罗德·威默（Harold Wimmer）在一份电子邮件声明中表示：“几十年来，燃油经济性标准确保了新车、SUV和皮卡车更加高效，这不仅挽救了生命，也节省了资金。没有理由去削弱那些在技术上可行，且能直接改善人们呼吸空气质量的标准。”