Biofuel and farm groups say the Environmental Protection Agency, in its proposed tailpipe emission standards, is forcing automakers to produce more electric vehicles while ignoring the clean air benefits of biofuels.
The groups argue EPA would create a de facto EV mandate for 2027 instead of a market-driven, technology-neutral approach. Renewable Fuels Association President & CEO Geoff Cooper.
RFA, Growth Energy, National Corn Growers, and others say two-thirds of new light-duty vehicle sales could be EVs by 2032 based on EPA?s own data. Cooper says EPA ?stacked the deck? against biofuels.
The groups covering convenience stores, travel and truck stops, and fuel marketers wrote EPA chief Michael Regan saying that the time frame in which EPA expects consumers to embrace electric vehicles is a ?bridge too far.?
Cooper says EPA could issue final tailpipe emission standards by the end of the year.
