As
petrol price rises hit the U.S. hard, particularly in the mid-West, General
Motors is promoting the use of E85 ethanol-petrol fuel in company-owned vehicles
in southeastern Michigan.
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The company says it will ‘ask’ employees in Pontiac, Warren and Detroit who
drive E85-compatible vehicles to refuel at a nearby Amoco (BP) station.
E85 is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent petrol.
GM’s only current E85-compatible vehicles are the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC
Sonoma four-cylinder pickup trucks.
However, all 2002 model year full-sized sport-utility vehicles, including Tahoe,
Suburban and Yukon SUVs equipped with gas-guzzling 5.3-litre V8 engines, will
also be able to use the petrol-ethanol brew.
GM also plans to boost the proportion of E85 vehicles in its company fleet.
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By GlobalDataU.S. ethanol is domestically produced from agricultural products.
Currently it is made primarily from corn, but in the future, it could also
be produced using woods, grasses and waste cellulose-containing materials.
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