The EV transition is far less certain than it looked several years ago. Polluting vehicles could remain on roads in Europe and America for years.

Signed into law in 1975, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards regulate how far vehicles must travel on a gallon of fuel.

REEVs are staging a comeback with over 3 million vehicles expected to hit the road by 2030, with China leading, followed by US and EU.

By rolling back auto industry fuel efficiency goals, US president Donald Trump hopes to make new cars cheaper. But prices won’t drop for years, and consumers will spend more on gas in the meantime.

President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken strict gas mileage requirements for automakers set under former President Joe Biden.

EU lawmakers are moving from a 100 percent CO₂ cut for new cars in 2035 to a 90 percent target, easing the original gas car “ban” and leaving limited room for hybrids and advanced combustion models.

A common winter belief is that drivers should have at least half a tank of gas in their cars so the gas doesn’t freeze — but that’s not exactly true.

The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”

In practice, this opens the door for pure ICE cars, mild hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and range extenders to continue existing alongside EVs and hydrogen vehicles. Importantly, this revised proposal doesn’t include a new sunset date for combustion engines.

BRUSSELS — The gasoline-powered car is outlasting the policies that had aimed to banish it.

Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.