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Sean Duffy: “The law says you can't take into the calculus EVs, you can't…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Transportation Sec. Duffy on slashing fuel standards: This is real savings for the American family

Published | Video Starts at 05:21

We're going from one a Democrat administration, Republican administration, policies are changing and it's hard if your GM or your Ford or Stellantis, huge problem. However, I think my job is to say, well, what does the law say? And The law says you can't take into the calculus EVs, you can't take hybrids into the calculus when you're going to set a fuel efficiency standard. which is what Biden and Buttigieg did. So let's, let's go, let's follow the law, let's set a reasonable standard, which is what we've done. (05:21–05:33)

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Asserts that the law prohibits including electric and hybrid vehicles in fuel efficiency standard calculations.

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