WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has greenlit plans for “tiny cars” to be manufactured in the U.S.

“I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Manufacturers have long wanted to do this, just like they are so successfully built in other countries. They can be propelled by gasoline, electric, or hybrid,” Trump posted on Truth Social.”These cars of the very near future are inexpensive, safe, fuel efficient and, quite simply, AMAZING!!! START BUILDING THEM NOW! Thank you to the DOJ and the Departments of Transportation and Environment. ENJOY!!!”

It’s a step that would open the U.S. market to the compact vehicles commonly preferred in Asia.

Trump earlier this week expressed his appreciation for Japanese Kei cars, or smaller vehicles.

“They have a very small car. It’s sort of like the Beetle used to be with the Volkswagen,” Trump said on Wednesday during a news conference in which he unveiled a “reset” of federal fuel-economy standards for vehicles.’They’re very small, they’re really cute. And I said, ‘How would that do in this country?’ And everyone seems to think good, but you’re not allowed to build them,” he said.

By resetting the Biden administration’s “costly and unlawful” Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, the White House said Trump will save American families “$109 billion in total over the next five years.”

Trump said the Biden administration standards imposed “unrealistic” fuel economy targets that effectively resulted in an electric vehicle (EV) mandate. He said his proposal will significantly reduce fuel economy requirements, which set rules on how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, through the 2031 model year.

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“These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse. The action is expected to save the typical consumer at least $1,000 off the price of a new car, and we think substantially more than that,” Trump said during the news briefing.