Newly Reformulated Fuel
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MPG goes down by about 13-18 %
Doug
Iowa corn.org quotes( admits ) 2% decrease
greencar congress found a more significant decrease
My experience has been closer to the greencar congress than the iowa corn producers
Doug
Iowa corn.org quotes( admits ) 2% decrease
The most current information derived from controlled environmental testing is that on fuel injected vehicles, fuel mileage may decrease by approximately 2%.
Fuel Consumption of Modeled Cars
2001 Taurus (US) 2003 Golf (Brazil)
Gasoline E85 Gasohol (E24) E100
Fuel Consumption 11.2 l/100km 14.7 l/100km 7.16 l/100km 9.81 l/100km
Miles per Gallon (US) 21 mpg 16 mpg 32.9 mpg 24 mpg
2001 Taurus (US) 2003 Golf (Brazil)
Gasoline E85 Gasohol (E24) E100
Fuel Consumption 11.2 l/100km 14.7 l/100km 7.16 l/100km 9.81 l/100km
Miles per Gallon (US) 21 mpg 16 mpg 32.9 mpg 24 mpg
Last edited by Silver_2000; 04-22-2006 at 11:08 AM.
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