DOT announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had recently submitted an interpretive rule, “Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE),” to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. DOT described this action as “a key step towards reversing the prior administration’s illegal interpretation of CAFE standards.” In his announcement, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy claimed that: “The Biden-Buttigieg administration illegally used CAFE standards as a backdoor electric vehicle mandate—driving the price of cars up. Resetting CAFE standards as Congress’ intended will lower vehicle costs and ensure the American people can purchase the cars they want.”