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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

Green Car Congress

While fuel economy ratings of today’s cars significantly outstrip those of just a decade ago, cost-effective efficiency improvements remain limited by existing engine designs and fuel formulas.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years. The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. C in the anhydrous state. 40 CFR § 80.27 40 CFR § 80.27(d)