It is now four years since I started driving a car powered by bio-ethanol. Those four years ended yesterday when I returned the car to the dealer with only a few days left to run on the lease.
The car that I have replaced it with no longer runs on bio-ethanol (E85), although it does use the new E10 fuel.
So how have those four years been and why did I switch back?
Well, whilst on the one hand it was nice to try something new [Read more…]
2011 saw the introduction of a new type of petrol in Germany: E10.
What sounds like a London post code is actually a mixture of normal petrol and bio-ethanol. 10% bio-ethanol to be precise, hence the name.
The reason for this is an EU directive (2009/30/EG) which intends to
A similar step was taken a few years ago, when E5 was introduced – with 5% bio-ethanol. [Read more…]
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