Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of today’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team. Each story gets a short summary and a link to the original source if you want to dive deeper. Here’s what’s cooking on Monday, September 28, 2026: The Department of Transportation is expected to introduce drastically less stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards today. While the Biden administration required mile-per-gallon increases of 8% in 2024 and 2025, 10% for 2026, and 2% annually through 2031, back in December, Trump’s DOT proposed lowering the bar to 2022’s level, then only asking automakers for increases…
Feds’ MPG Rollback Will Make Cars Cheaper, So You Can Spend All the Money Saved on Gas Instead: TDS
