“By proposing the most ambitious pollution standards ever for cars and trucks, we are delivering on the Biden-Harris Administration’s promise to protect people and the planet, securing critical reductions in dangerous air and climate pollution and ensuring significant economic benefits like lower fuel and maintenance costs for families,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan
The Biden Administration says this proposal would have three significant benefits for the consumer. The first is that 10 billion tons of CO2 emissions will be avoided by 2055 if the proposed rules are adopted, which is more than twice the annual US C02 emissions in 2022.
The second and third benefits would then be directly for the consumer. The Administration says that the transition to technologies that reduce fuel and maintenance costs would save the average consumer $12,000 over the life of their vehicle and consequently help the US to save approximately $12 billion in reduced reliance on oil imports allowing that money to be better spent elsewhere.