AAA is specifically mentioning ads and rhetoric that are part of the API's latest campaign to reduce the role of ethanol as an available alternative fuel. The club called for American Petroleum Institute to have ads and articles mentioning the AAA in an anti-ethanol context taken down immediately.

The AAA is North America's largest auto club, and they're everyone's go-to phone number when you're stranded on the side of the road or want a discounted hotel rate. According to the AAA, they're also one of the most often misquoted agencies when it comes to ethanol and the EPA's (recently upheld) push for E15.

In an official statement released, AAA spoke out against the American Petroleum Institute ads, stating that: "this commercial is the latest in a series of communications on social media and elsewhere which portray AAA as being anti-ethanol. This is not the case. AAA remains a strong supporter of the development and use of alternative fuels such as ethanol. The auto club believes ethanol fuels provide motorists with a choice at the pump that promotes U.S. energy independence, supports American and South Dakotan jobs, and can save the consumer money."

Senior Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol, Ron Lamberty, thanked AAA for speaking out against the latest anti-E15 campaign. "We are pleased with the reactions to these inaccurate ads," said Lamberty. "I think what this shows is the amount of support here in the heartland of the nation for ethanol and higher ethanol blends like E15."