For 2007 and Newer Cars and Trucks
Washington,DC,USA -Green Car Advisor, by Scott Doggett -13 Oct 2010: -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled today that E15 - a blend of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline - can be used for 2007 model-year and newer vehicles... The decision was immediately criticized by the Renewable Fuels Association, a major trade association for the U.S. ethanol industry. The association accused the EPA of missing an opportunity to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and create new economic opportunity by limiting its decision on E15 to only 2007-present vehicles... But Gloria Bergquist, a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, called today's ruling a "premature decision" that shouldn't have been made until comprehensive testing was completed to insure that the higher blends of ethanol don't corrode engines... Presently, only E10 has been permitted in the nation's gas pumps. Ethanol is widely used as a gasoline additive to increase combustion and, recently, there has been increased pressure on the agency to use the controversial fuel to reduce the amount of oil consumed in the U.S... (Image from drivingtoday: gasoline engines)
* Don’t Write off Gasoline Engines yet
Villeperce,France -Driving Today (USA), by Tom Ripley -20 Oct 2010: -- We live in an era when press and politicians tout the wonders of the electric car... In a desire to limit carbon dioxide productions (a goal looking increasingly problematic) and for greater fuel economy (although, yes, gasoline remains relatively cheap in America), the electric car is touted as The Next Big Thing -- if you don't look too closely at where the electricity is generated... So it must have come as a major shock to the electric car's many proponents when the winner of the most important Progressive Automotive XPRIZE category, the Mainstream Class, was a car powered by an internal combustion engine that burned E85 (a mixture of ethanol and gasoline). The four-passenger Very Light Car bested a field of 135 competing vehicles from around the globe, turning in a miles-per-gallon equivalent of 102.5... To be fair, we must admit that no one will ever mistake the ‚ "Edison2 Very Light Car No. 98"‚ for a conventional gasoline-powered car. But the outcome of this prestigious competition reveals a great deal of potential upside in making more efficient and Earth-friendly conventional internal combustion (IC) engines... Interestingly, even the founder of the Edison2 organization they came to believe that a very lightweight, highly aerodynamic vehicle powered by a small displacement IC engine was the right solution... It's unlikely that we'll see many 800-pound cars like the Very Light Car on our roads in the next decade... The point is not to bash electrics. EVs are technically interesting and offer excellent drivability in addition to fuel economy and emission benefits. But we should point out that while many people predict the demise of the internal combustion engine, it will very likely be with us for decades...(Image from gizmag.com: The Nissan iV concept)Labels: clean alternative fuels
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