Sun.Feb 18, 2018

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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

Green Car Congress

Xinhua reports that China’s State Administration of Grain (SAG) said that China will expand production and consumption of bioethanol fuel this year as the country seeks more channels to use corn and grain stockpiles. Years of government support for corn farmers—paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016—have left China with a substantial stockpile.

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Will Tesla Model S be a "collector car"? Tuckers are, but Kaisers aren't: why?

Green Car Reports

Startup carmaker Tesla is just coming up on the 10th anniversary of its first delivery, the first of the 2,500 Roadster two-seat electric sports cars that launched it into world awareness. The company recently delivered its 300,000th car, putting it well ahead of all but one other startup carmaker in U.S. history. That would be Kaiser-Frazer.

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