ACE calls for federal pathway to enable carmakers to meet CAFE-GHG standards with ethanol

In South Dakota, in comments submitted this week to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and California Air Resources Board (CARB), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) called for a federal pathway to be established enabling automakers to meet future CAFE-GHG standards with high-octane, low-carbon fuels like ethanol.

Comments were due to the agencies today on the draft Technical Assessment Report (TAR) of the 2022-2025 model year CAFE-GHG standards.  EPA, NHTSA, and CARB are conducting a Mid-term Evaluation (MTE) of the program, trying to determine if the standards which were originally set in 2012 remain appropriate.