Open Fuel Standard (Flex-Fuel Vehicle Mandate)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2010-11-15 — Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010: cross-connection with alternative-fuel-vehicle-deployment: Both are congressional proposals aimed at shifting the light-duty fleet away from petroleum — the 2010 bill via DOE incentives for natural gas and electric conversions, the Open Fuel Standard via a flex-fuel vehicle mandate. (novelty: 2)
- 2008-07-22 — OFS Act: 2008 Senate OFS Act would have required 50% of automakers’ light-duty vehicles to run on E85, M85, or biodiesel by MY2012–2014 and 80% from MY2015 onward, with DOT-granted exemptions requiring labeling and disclosure to dealers and buyers; bill was not enacted. (novelty: 2)