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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

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Petroleum refiners have to put a certain amount of renewable fuel—such as ethanol derived from corn or cellulose—into the U.S. If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did. From 2006, the RFS set a schedule of yearly obligations through 2022, with annually rising RIN targets.

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