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However, the fuel systems of cars, trucks, and motorcycles sold before the ethanol mandate may suffer substantial damage from the use of 10% ethanol blends. Flexible-fuel cars, trucks, and minivans use gasoline/ethanol blends ranging from pure gasoline up to 85% ethanol . By early 2013 there were around 11 million E85-capable vehicles on U.S ...
REC-90. Brighton, MI Sunoco Price sign advertising availability of Rec-90 Gasoline. REC-90 is an ethanol-free, 90 octane unleaded gasoline blend designed for use in recreational/marine engines which can be damaged by the ethanol found in other gasoline blends. It is also usable in some aviation engines [1] and automotive engines, though it has ...
Ethanol fuel mixtures have "E" numbers which describe the percentage of ethanol fuel in the mixture by volume, for example, E85 is 85% anhydrous ethanol and 15% gasoline. Low-ethanol blends are typically from E5 to E25, although internationally the most common use of the term refers to the E10 blend. Blends of E10 or less are used in more than ...
Some flexible-fuel vehicles are able to use up to 100% ethanol. Since 1976 the Brazilian government has made it mandatory to blend ethanol with gasoline, and since 2007 the legal blend is around 25% ethanol and 75% gasoline (E25). [7]
However, Brazilian gasoline taxes are high, around 54 percent, [146] while ethanol fuel taxes are lower and vary between 12% and 30%, depending on the state. [147] As of October 2008 the average price of E25 gasoline was $4.39 per gallon [148] while the average price for ethanol was US$2.69 per gallon. [149]
The amount of ethanol used in the United States is also limited by the number of Flex Fuel vehicles available which are capable of operating on ethanol blends as high as 85% (E85) and the relative pricing of E85 as compared to regular gasoline (E10). Other alternative fuels may have higher functional "blend walls".
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the price of E85 rose to nearly on par with the cost of 87 octane gasoline in many states in the United States, and was for a short time the only fuel available when gasoline was sold out, but within four weeks of Katrina, the price of E85 had fallen once more to a 20% to 35% lower cost than 87 ...
The 2003 Brazilian VW Gol 1.6 Total Flex was the first flexible-fuel car capable of running on any blend of gasoline and ethanol.. After the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazilian government made mandatory the use of ethanol blends with gasoline, [9] and neat ethanol-powered cars were launched to the market in 1979, after testing with several prototypes developed by four carmakers. [10]