Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market.
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