Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Flexible Fuel Vehicle

Flexible Fuel Vehicle(FFV) - Motorcycles, Trucks, Cars in Brazil.

Use of flex fuel base ethanol representing 93% of car owners in Sao Paulo, ethanol attracts lower tax thus cheaper than gasoline. The source of ethanol from sugarcane.

After 1973 oil crisis, Brazilian government made mandatory the use of ethanol blends with gasoline.

E100 were launched in the market in 1979.

Only Renault Clio Hi Flex and Fiat Siena Tetrafuel are specially made with flexible fuel engine optimised to operate also with pure gasoline.

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