Just how popular was $2.25 ethanol this past week?
As we oh-so bravely predicted, gas that was selling for about a dollar less per gallon than the national average this past week was awful popular. The price was lowered at a gas station in Indianapolis as a promotional event just before this weekend's Indy 500 race, and the $2.25 cost for a gallon of E10 (I'd heard it was going to be $2.20 a gallon) was enough to bring in the cars, trucks and SUVs whose drivers "were eager to find their place at the pumps," as Domestic Fuel put it. The IndyCar drivers on hand were just a bonus, signing autographs and talking up the biofuel. You can hear driver Scott Sharp give a shout out to ethanol here and see more pictures of the event here.
[Source: Domestic Fuel]
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Ed 9:47PM (5/25/2007)
Why don't they make a Hybrid car that runs on E85 Ethanol and Electric Motor? Or can you already put E85 or E10 on a Prius?
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Jimmy 10:47AM (5/26/2007)
Hybrid cars and biofuels are a natural fit together. Toyota says the Prius can only use up to E10 ethanol. There are a some people who have modified and run existing hybrids on E85.
Ford is doing testing on E85 powered Ford Escape Hybrids:
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=25287
I expect the Escape Flex Fuel Hybrid will go on sale to the general public at some point. Sadly (and oddly) none of GM's production hybrids are flex fuel.
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