EPA approves higher-ethanol gas blend for more cars

USA Today
Jan 21, 2011
12:34 PM

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday approved higher levels of corn-based ethanol in gasoline for cars and light-duty trucks made in the past decade.

The agency has decided that 15% ethanol in gasoline, known as E15, is safe for such vehicles made between 2001 and 2006. In October, it approved this blend -- higher than the 10% it previously allowed -- for cars and light-duty trucks manufactured since 2007, but it postponed its use in older cars pending additional tests by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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