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Stillborn: French gas stations chain stops selling E85

Système U, a chain of gas stations in France, has decided to stop delivering E85 at the 22 pumps where it was on sale. According to the company's press release, "This biofuel has not found its public. The French adhesion is just not there." Système U comprises more than 900 shops in France, 600 of which have gas pumps. The 22 pumps where E85 was distributed barely sold an average of 1000 liters a day (about 250 gallons), mainly because of the low number of flex-fuel vehicles currently running in France. Previously Système ... Read more →

Underwriters Laboratories now accepting your E85 pumps for certification Sebastian Blanco

With UL-approved ethanol pumps, 2008 could be big E85 year Sebastian Blanco

Sure, corn farmers and ethanol producers are very keen to see that you always have E85 available to you when you go to fill up your car. 2008 just might be the year when we do stop noticing E85 ...

Stillborn: French gas stations chain stops selling E85 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Underwriters Laboratories now accepting your E85 pumps for certification 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

That didn't take long. We've just discussed what the news that Underwriters Laboratories would certify ethanol/E85 pumps might mean, now we already have official word that such certification has been established. UL announced yesterday that safety requirements for E85 fuel dispensing equipment have ...

With UL-approved ethanol pumps, 2008 could be big E85 year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sure, corn farmers and ethanol producers are very keen to see that you always have E85 available to you when you go to fill up your car. 2008 just might be the year when we do stop noticing E85 pumps because they will be everywhere. Next year's possible E85 explosion will not only come from a ...

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