Ethanol's flex-appeal grows

JAPAN/BRAZIL: Mitsubishi launching flex-fuel-first SUV

On the same day Renault announced it would start selling an E85 ethanol-powered Megane in France using technology developed by…

FRANCE: New E85 Renaults get tax breaks

Renault is entering the European bioethanol (E85) market with new derivatives of its C-segment Mégane line and French buyers of…

US: Ford delivers first trial ethanol hybrid SUVs

The first three of Ford's E85 ethanol-powered Escape Hybrids were on Tuesday delivered to the US Department of Energy, the…

BRAZIL: Toyota fields fresh flex models

Toyota is introducing cars that run on ethanol and petrol in Brazil at a time when such flexible-fuel vehicles are…

UK: No shame in green profits, Sir Richard Branson tells Saab

Speaking exclusively to www.saabbiopower.co.uk, Sir Richard Branson has revealed why he is such a staunch supporter of new environmentally-friendly fuels…

FEATURE: Ford remembers Rudolph Diesel and his peanut oil

Lewis Booth, the top executive in Europe for Ford, has forecast a revival of petrol engine development but backs a…

GERMANY: Ford to boost ethanol cars in Europe

Ford of Europe is launching a new advertising campaign for its bio-ethanol powered vehicles. The campaign visualises animal babies still…

SOUTH AFRICA: Brazilian flexfuel Fiat Uno due

Fiat Brazil’s flex-fuel Uno is to go on sale in South Africa, according to a local newspaper. The Weekend Post…