"Trump expressed admiration for the pint-sized autos during a briefing with reporters to announce his plan to gut fuel economy standards. "They're very small. They're really cute," Trump said. "And I said, how would that do in this country? And everyone seems to think, good, but you're not allowed to build them." Kei vehicles, which are built to satisfy Japan's light vehicle regulations, are enjoying surging popularity in the automarket - including here in the US. Sales of kei trucks tripled in the last five years, with around 7,500 total imported just last year, according to data from Japan Used Motor Vehicle cited by CNN."
"Comparing them to the Volkswagen Beetle, Trump said he was authorizing the US Department of Transportation "to immediately approve the production of those cars." "He gave me the directive to clear the regulations on this, which we have," US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at the briefing. "And so if Toyota or any other company wants to make smaller, more affordable cars, fuel efficient, we have cleared the deck so they can make them in America and sell them in America.""
President Donald Trump praised Japanese kei trucks and said he was authorizing the Transportation Department to allow their production in the United States. Kei vehicles meet Japan's light-vehicle rules and have grown in U.S. popularity, with imports rising to about 7,500 last year and sales tripling over five years. Trump likened the kei trucks to the Volkswagen Beetle and urged immediate approval for domestic production. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said regulations have been cleared so manufacturers could build and sell smaller, more affordable, fuel-efficient cars in America. Regulatory specifics about the authorization remain unclear.
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