The Expanding E85 Fleet of General Motors

 
The E85 movement, which is based on an alternate fuel consisting of
85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, is getting an additional boost thanks to
a recent decision by General Motors to expand its existing line up
from 9 models to 14. This increase will mean that General Motors,
which already has nearly 2 million E85 vehicles on the road, will be
able to produce as many as 400,000 E85 vehicles per year. For
proponents of alternate fuel sources, the decision by General Motors
is certainly a welcome one. Let's take a look at GM's expanding E85
fleet and what this could mean for you, the fuel conscious motorist.
E85 has been around for well over a decade now, but has only recently
has it been the focus of such widespread attention. Credit gas prices
exceeding $3 per gallon for interest in E85 and you can see why
General Motors is continuing to expand its line up to meet the demand
for alternate fuel sources.
The Current Line Up
GM's current fleet of E85 vehicles now numbers nine. GM's Silverado,
Tahoe, Impala, Monte Carlo, Avalanche, Sierra, Suburban, Yukon, and
Yukon XL currently make up the entire fleet of E85 capable vehicles
produced by the automaker. The bulk of GM's E85 sales have come since
2000, however the automaker had been building E85 capable vehicles for
many years prior to the turn of the millennium. DaimlerChrysler and
Ford also build tens of thousands of E85 vehicles per year....

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GM is run by a bunch of morons, E85 is more expensive than gasolene
when you factor the reduced miles it delivers. Or miles per dollar. It
wont ever swim without major government incentives. Nobody who wants
to drive the furthest per dollar buys E85 cars, nobody here owns one,
nobody is that stupid.

 ransley wrote:


I agree.  The closest E85 source is 35 miles from here.  By the time you
get there and back, you need to refuel ;)