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A1GP racing goes greener with Hiperflo ethanol blend

Last fall, A1GP was having some technical problems using a 30 percent ethanol blend in the race series' vehicles. Today, the organizers have announced that all 22 teams that will compete in next weekend's A1GP Taupo race in New Zealand will use the Hiperflo™ E30 in the tanks. This ethanol is made from European sugar beets and made solely for use by A1GP racers (I won't bring up the craziness of shipping the biofuel from Europe to New Zealand for a "greener" race). According to A1GP, Hiperflo was developed with input from engine ... Read more →

AIGP hesitantly convinced to keep trying ethanol in race cars Sebastian Blanco

Despite some "technical issues," the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will move forward to using 30 percent ethanol blend in the 22 A1GP race cars, the association announced this week. For now, ...

A1GP racing goes greener with Hiperflo ethanol blend 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall, A1GP was having some technical problems using a 30 percent ethanol blend in the race series' vehicles. Today, the organizers have announced that all 22 teams that will compete in next weekend's A1GP Taupo race in New Zealand will use the Hiperflo™ E30 in the tanks. This ethanol is ...

AIGP hesitantly convinced to keep trying ethanol in race cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Despite some "technical issues," the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will move forward to using 30 percent ethanol blend in the 22 A1GP race cars, the association announced this week. For now, though, the E30 problems are mostly performance related, so "A1GP has therefore reluctantly reverted to ...


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