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Biofuels leader warns ‘EVs are coming’

  • Jillian Newhard
  • Jan 11, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 29, 2024

Iowa Capital Dispatch

 

Electric vehicles and Brazil pose threats to Iowa ethanol, according to association chief


Ethanol producers must lower the carbon intensity scores of their fuels or face less demand for their products — caused by a combination of the rise of electric vehicles and increased ethanol production in Brazil.


That was the warning this week of Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, which held its annual summit on Thursday.



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