Environment & Energy

Even before the war on Iran, the Trump administration’s own analysis found that the repeal would cost consumers money overall. The EPA’s “regulatory impact analysis” assumed that rolling back tailpipe rules would save automakers around $1.3 trillion in manufacturing costs, which they would pass on to consumers, lowering the sticker price of cars. What Trump did not say, but was buried in an analysis by his own EPA, is that the repeal would increase fuel and repair costs by $1.5 trillion between now and 2055, more than wiping out the potential sticker price benefits. Less-efficient gas cars might be cheaper to buy under the Trump plan, in other words, but they require drivers to pay for more maintenance and spend much more money on fuel.