NHTSA Rolls Back Obama-Era Fuel Efficiency Standards
Would you like to have a less fuel-efficient truck? In a vacuum that seems like a stupid question, especially with 2026’s diesel fuel prices. When the question becomes “would you trade one or two miles per gallon of fuel efficiency to save $20,000 off the purchase price tag of a newer vehicle”, the logistics change entirely. The electric truck is the final conclusion of this: fuel prices are significantly cheaper but seldom justify the higher cost of purchase. All of this is to set up the background for a new decision from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that reverses well over a decade of precedent.