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Magna aims to sell EVs in China through JV with BAIC

China EV

That announcement proclaimed the agreement was between BAIC and Magna Steyr, the Austria-based contract vehicle manufacturer that is part of Magna International. That is because Magna has decided to refer to all its subsidiaries as simply Magna, Klaus Drobnak, vice president fuel systems for Magna Steyr, oops, I mean Magna, told me.

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

Green Car Congress

The distilleries were referred to as “stills” and the alcohol became known during the Prohibition period as “moonshine.” During the early 1900s, a distillery was a standard piece of farm equipment. These distilleries made 192-proof alcohol for human consumption, lantern fuel and transportation fuel. This moonshine was hydrous ethanol.