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Team from GM, Ford, FCA reviews how to calculate engine efficiency benefits of high octane fuels

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Alcohol and gasoline-alcohol blends also offer efficiency benefits independent of their octane value. In all engines, including the existing on-road fleet, fuel with higher octane ratings can enable more advanced spark timing and combustion phasing under knock-limited conditions. —Leone et al. —Leone et al.

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

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. d) further provides for alcohol blends as follows: Special provisions for alcohol blends. (1) The water contained in hydrous ethanol blends also reduces NO x emissions.