Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Converting a car to burn ethanol can reduce one’s carbon footprint, save almost $1 per gallon on fuel and carry a fine of up to $25,000 a day from the U.S.

More French drivers are purchasing ethanol conversion kits to allow their cars to run on higher ethanol blends to take advantage of the ethanol and gas price differential. FlexFuel Energy Development ...

Question: I’m interested in converting my car to make it run on E85 ethanol. Are there kits to do this, and is it safe? Answer: Clarence, there are indeed kits that, when installed, will allow your ...

ANSWER: Technically, most any vehicle can be made to run on E85, which is 85 percent alcohol and 15 percent gasoline. The small percentage of gasoline does two things: It helps the engine start when ...

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A new device that it is claimed can make an ordinary petrol-driven car cleaner and more powerful by converting it to run on cheaper bio-ethanol (E85) has opened the way for motorists to use a growing ...

Q. If E85 has higher octane than regular and premium gasoline, why don’t performance vehicles use the ethanol blend? I want a Chevy HHR SS turbo but it is not E85 compatible. I understand the loss of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of kits that let gasoline engines run on ethanol are surging in France, as drivers switch to using the sharply cheaper crop-based fuel at a time of soaring oil prices.

"People think now is the time, there really is interest in switching to ethanol," Sylvain Demoures, secretary general of French ethanol producers group SNPAA said. PARIS - Sales of kits that let ...