# California leads lawsuit against Trump fuel-efficiency rollback

https://mins.news/en/item/84082

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 20:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/2/california-leads-lawsuit-against-trump-fuel-efficiency-standards-rollback?traffic_source=rss

> California and 25 other states are suing the Trump administration over the Transportation Department’s decision to weaken fuel-economy standards for petrol-powered vehicles. California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the NHTSA’s revised methodology unlawfully ignores existing electric vehicles and fails to meet Congress’s requirement for the “maximum feasible” standards.

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