Flex-fuel vehicles started to become popular in the mid-1990s. Manufacturers designed these vehicles to burn E85 or other gas-biofuel blends. Many people are confused about what E85 is used for. This ...

The future of the world depends on humans stopping, and hopefully reversing, the damage we’ve caused to Earth by mining and using fossil fuels. Innovators and scientists have scrambled for decades to ...

A car's fuel system is the lifeblood of your combustion cycle. If a pump maxes out and is unable to deliver the fuel the injectors need, a lean situation can lead to detonation. The stock, single fuel ...

E85 — aka Flex Fuel — is a domestically produced, renewable, alternative fuel blend consisting of around 85-percent ethanol and 15-percent gasoline. Made for use in specially prepped flex fuel ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has employed a series of initiatives since the early 2000s to endorse the introduction and utilization of renewable fuels, with the target of 136 billion ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran January 22, 2007 Comment Now! Mitsubishi has confirmed that it will develop and market a flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) for the Brazilian market by the end of the year. Automotive ...

If you’ve been hanging around the car scene in the last couple decades, you’d have heard about E85. Some deride it as mere “corn juice,” while others tout it as a magical performance elixir. The ...

Three months after Volkswagen launched the first Brazilian-made vehicle with a flex-fuel system engine, the Gol Total Flex, General Motors do Brasil has responded with a rival model, the Chevrolet ...

Toyota has unveiled in Brazil a prototype Prius equipped with a flex-fuel engine that can run on both gasoline and ethanol, combined with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) system. According to the company, when ...

The Brazilian units of rivals Bosch and Magneti Marelli are sparring over the next generation of flex-fuel cars in Brazil. Encouraged by recent strong growth in sales of flex-fuel vehicles, the two ...

Contrary to what it sounds like, “flex fuel” is not a powdered fitness supplement bodybuilders buy at GNC to amp up their clang-and-bang workouts. Flex fuel generally refers to a type of vehicle that ...