June 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on

Friday declared that fuel economy rules issued under then

President Joe Biden exceeded the government's legal authority by

including electric vehicles in setting the rules, automaker

officials said Monday.

The department made the declaration as it published a final

"Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program" rule.

Removing EVs from the calculations for credits and the

regulatory mandates will likely result in lower overall fuel

economy requirements.

A future separate rule from the administration of President

Donald Trump will revise the specific fuel economy requirements.