California bill moves to make cheaper alternative fuel available to more drivers

California bill moves to make cheaper alternative fuel available to more drivers

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the face of the nation’s highest gas prices, California lawmakers approved a bill to ease restrictions on E85 conversion kits — devices that let conventional gasoline cars run on a cheaper, mostly ethanol fuel blend. Assembly Bill 2046, dubbed the “Access to Affordable Gas Act” by its author, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, a Stockton Democrat, advanced through …