| Many people wonder about the ethanol/gas
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| | begin making vehicles that would meet
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| mixture known as E85, named for the 85%
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| | that criteria if they wanted to continue
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| ethanol that mixture contains, and
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| | selling to consumers in Brazil.Since
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| whether or not their vehicles will run on
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| | then, worldwide consumer demand for
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| it. You may be surprised to learn that
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| | vehicles that can run on E85 has
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| there have already been some two million
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| | continued to increase. For example, in
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| vehicles sold in America that can run on
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| | 2005, the demand in Sweden for FFVs
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| E85 with no modification at all. Check
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| | outstripped the demand for standard fuel
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| your vehicle's owners manual or contact
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| | vehicles by more than four to one,
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| your dealer to find out if yours is a
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| | according to Ford statistics. As is the
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| Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV).The key is
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| | case in America, worldwide demand is
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| fuel injection. When vehicles had
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| | driven by whatever is cheapest, and E85
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| carburetors, engines needed to be
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| | is often as much as $1.00/gallon less at
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| modified to run on E85. However, most
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| | the pump, which is a significant
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| modern vehicles are fuel injected, using
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| | savings--no matter what country you live
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| an oxygen sensor to control the air/fuel
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| | in.Since 1997, Swedish drivers have been
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| mixture to run the engine most
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| | able to choose the amount of ethanol they
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| efficiently. That sensor is controlled by
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| | want to mix with their gasoline--right at
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| a computer chip, and even if your
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| | the pump. They can choose the exact
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| particular vehicle doesn't currently have
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| | percentage of ethanol they want at the
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| the chip necessary to allow it to run on
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| | moment, depending upon their engine, and
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| E85, it can often be changed to the chip
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| | even upon the weather conditions, since
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| that will make that possible. Again,
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| | E85 has some issues when it comes to
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| first check with your dealer to see if
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| | extreme cold, which Sweden has plenty of
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| your own vehicle's chip can be
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| | during their long Scandinavian winters.
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| changed--if it isn't already able to use
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| | They simply dial in whatever mixture they
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| E85.If your vehicle can run on E85, you
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| | want at the moment, and then pump it into
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| can thank the Brazilians, because way
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| | their vehicles. As more tax incentives
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| back in the early 1980s, the Brazilian
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| | are introduced in the rest of the
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| government mandated that all new vehicles
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| | European Economic Union (EU), such mixing
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| in that country be able to run on
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| | options will become increasingly
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| 180-proof alcohol. That legislation
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| | available in other countries, as well.
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| forced automakers like Ford and GM to
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