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Nissan adds flex-fuel version of the Versa ... in Brazil

In Brazil, ethanol tends to be the fuel of choice over gasoline thanks to favorable pricing and the local sugar cane feedstock. As a result most of the cars available there are offered in flex fuel variants that aren't for sale anywhere else in the world. Such is the case with the latest edition of the Nissan Versa which is sold in Brazil as the Tiida. The Tiida FFV uses the same 1.8-liter four cylinder that's in the U.S.-market Versa with a new fuel system. The FFV engine is rated at 125 hp on gasoline and 126 hp on ethanol. The 9.9:1 ... Read more →

Friends of the Earth, Brazilian sugarcane industry fight it out on ethanol Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Marxchivist. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. It's been so long (like six months) since there was a nice dispute about the impacts of Brazil's ethanol industry. In the past we've ...

Brazil starts pro-ethanol diplomatic offensive Xavier Navarro

Brazil is going to try really hard to convince the world that Brazilian sugarcane ethanol is just great. The Latin American giant is about to start what they're calling a "diplomatic offensive" that ...

Fiat to launch new ethanol/diesel engine in Brazil Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to an article in The New Economic Times, Fiat is planning to launch a new ethanol-powered engine for the Brazilian market. Ethanol is widely used for fuel in Brazil and half of the country's ...

Bioenergy Alliance looks to Miami to get more Brazilian ethanol into the U.S. Sebastian Blanco

A new group called the Bioenergy Alliance (BEA) will launch in Miami tomorrow with the goal of expanding Brazilian ethanol exports to the U.S, Mexico and Guatemala. Currently, all ethanol that is ...

Brazil working on bio-propane from biodiesel byproduct 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Image by Gaby_bra. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. The increase in biodiesel production the world over long ago spelled the end of the need for synthetic glycerin. Since glycerin is a by-product of biodiesel production, communities are finding ways to process the excess material. ...

USA and Brazil working together on ethanol in the Caribbean and Central America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Two teams from Brazil and the USA have been working together to launch several ethanol production projects in El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Up to eight projects have been started under this new agreement. Funding will be provided with credits from the ...

Brazilian sugarcane industry not happy with "Deadly Brew" documentary 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This past week, Bloomberg Television aired a documentary on the Brazilian ethanol industry called "Deadly Brew: The Human Toll of Ethanol." With a name like that, you can probably guess that the filmmakers have a certain viewpoint on the way ethanol is made from sugarcane in Brazil. Well, the ...

Good sugarcane harvest means ethanol will continue to be cheap in Brazil 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Good news for Brazilians: the prices for ethanol has dropped 38 percent because of an increase in sugarcane production. Prices will continue its decrease, according to Júlio Maria Borges, an analyst at JOB Consultaría, even when the harvest finishes. There are two determining factors ...

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