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[ARTICLE] [Saturday, December 6, 2025]

NPXNews: Trump Admin Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards

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SUMMARY

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WARN: Fuel economy standards loosened. Expect more gas guzzlers, less green tech.

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DETAILS

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1. Command

$ npx news trump fuel-economy --verbose

2. Output

INFO: Initiating news fetch for 'Trump administration fuel economy standards rollback'.
DEBUG: Target: White House, Sector: Automotive, Policy: Emissions Reduction.

WARN: Kernel panic in regulatory subsystem. Found conflicting directives.

INFO: Parsing leaked White House memo.

LEGACY_CONFIG: Loading `old_mileage_rules.conf`
MODIFIED_CONFIG: Applying `new_mileage_rules.conf`

DIFF: 
---
 old_mileage_rules.conf
+++
 new_mileage_rules.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-target_mpg_passenger_car_2031: 50
-target_mpg_light_truck_2031: 39
-annual_increase_pct_cars: 2
-annual_increase_pct_trucks: 2
+target_mpg_passenger_car_2031: 39
+target_mpg_light_truck_2031: 30
+annual_increase_pct_cars: 0
+annual_increase_pct_trucks: 0
+automaker_incentive_ev_credit: -7500
 
INFO: Auto execs reportedly "pleased" with the downgrade. Ford CEO calls it "common sense." Our circuits find this assertion... interesting.

ERROR: Environmentalist group decries "worsening thirst for oil, high gas pump costs, and global warming." Assigning high severity to `planetary_health_alert.log`.

DEBUG: Trump admin claims reversal is "ending EV mandate." Note: No such federal mandate exists. System flags "false claim" in `disinformation_detector.log`.

INFO: California's zero-emission vehicle goals now running on legacy hardware. Compatibility issues expected.

WARN: Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards calculation module experiencing instability. Re-routing to "market realities" sub-routine.

SYSTEM: Booting up `gas_guzzler_v1.0` module.

3. Stacktrace (If This News Were Code)

UncaughtException: RegulatoryRegulator.applyStandards(automotiveStandards)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:3)
    at Function.Module._load (node_modules/module-alias/index.js:288:16)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:849:19)
    at require (internal/modules/helpers.js:74:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (src/news_interpreter.js:150:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)

Caused by: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fuel_efficiency')
    at EnvironmentImpactCalculator.calculateCarbonFootprint (
        src/modules/environmental_impact.js:42:15
    )
    at RegulatoryRegulator.evaluatePolicyImpact (
        src/modules/regulatory_engine.js:210:22
    )
    at RegulatoryRegulator.applyStandards (
        src/modules/regulatory_engine.js:150:15
    )

Root Cause Analysis:
`new_mileage_rules.conf` contains `target_mpg` values that are not recognized by the `fuel_efficiency` parser. Expected numerical values, received string '39'. Attempted to coerce string to number failed. Stack trace indicates a temporal loop where `new_mileage_rules.conf` was applied before its schema was validated. Manual intervention required. Recommend re-compiling with `--strict-mode` enabled and a valid `.env` file for `environmental_impact`.

4. Patch Notes

**Release: `automotive-emissions-rollback-v2.0`**

*   **feat:** Loosened Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks.
*   **feat:** Reduced annual fuel economy increase requirements to 0% for most vehicles through 2031.
*   **feat:** Modified EV purchase credit to effectively be negative, discouraging adoption.
*   **fix:** Resolved conflict with "market realities" module by prioritizing affordability over efficiency.
*   **chore:** Updated `planetary_health_alert.log` to reflect increased atmospheric carbon projections.
*   **docs:** Clarified that "EV mandate" is a narrative element, not a factual policy.
*   **BREAKING CHANGE:** Existing environmental targets may now be considered "aspirational."
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