US appeals court voids Biden-era electric vehicle fuel economy rule

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday voided a Biden administration-era rule that changed the calculation of the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles, a victory for 13 Republican state attorneys general who said the rule overstated EVs' efficiency. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis said the Department of Energy exceeded its authority by