In particular, Joe Biden plans to revise eco-standards and fuel consumption norms for cars. His predecessor Donald Trump, as is known, weakened requirements for automakers.
Thus, the administration of Barack Obama set an annual reduction of average fuel consumption of cars on the market by 5% - to 5 l/100 km by 2025. But under Trump these norms were revised and now the bar is set at 5.8 l/100 km by 2026.
Joe Biden plans to return to the standards of the Obama era and has already announced the return of the USA to the Paris Climate Agreement (under Trump, the States withdrew from it). It requires a significant reduction of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, and in the USA the main polluter is precisely transport (it accounts for 28% of all emissions).
The American Environmental Protection Agency EPA has already received instructions to develop stricter eco-norms, which will come into force in 2025.
Also, the administration of the new president plans to return to individual states the right to set their own environmental standards for cars. Previously, stricter requirements were traditionally set by California, but under Trump this right was taken away from it and other states.
Moreover, Joe Biden is a big supporter of electric vehicles and intends to improve infrastructure for them. His plans include a huge network of 550 thousand charging stations across the country.
