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The fuel is sold through a blender pump that allows customers to choose between E10, E15, E30 or E85, with the latter blends sold only to flexible-fuel vehicles. [76] As of June 2013, there are about 24 fueling stations selling E15 out of 180,000 stations across the U.S. [77]
E15 is a higher octane fuel, it is currently available in 29 states at retail fueling stations. E15 was approved for use in model year 2001 and newer cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles (SUVs), and all flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2012. [citation needed]
EPA's E15 label required to be displayed in all E15 fuel dispensers in the U.S. In October 2010, the E.P.A. granted a waiver to allow the E15 blend to be sold only for cars and trucks with a model year of 2007 or later, representing about 15% of vehicles on the U.S. roads. As stations are not required to offer E15, a practical barrier to the ...
Iowa is the nation's leading producer of ethanol and the corn used to make it.
Allows E15 fuel, which contains 15% ethanol, to be sold throughout the year. The corn-derived fuel is currently banned between June and September. Adding ethanol to gasoline is known to increase ...
A one-year extension of federal farm programs, around $30 billion in economic relief and an agreement that would increase sales of a higher blend of ethanol, called E15, were part of a bipartisan ...
At the end of 2010 over 90 percent of all gasoline sold in the U.S. was blended with ethanol. [51] In January 2011 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a waiver to authorize up to 15% of ethanol blended with gasoline ( E15 ) to be sold only for cars and light pickup trucks with a model year of 2001 or newer.
Gasoline distribution contracts in the United States generally have provisions that make offering E15 and E85 difficult, expensive, or even impossible. Such provisions include requirements that no E85 be sold under the gas station canopy, labeling requirements, minimum sales volumes, and exclusivity provisions.