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More Flex Fuel Cars coming soon

Wednesday, 09. 20. 2006  –  Category: Driving, Uncategorized

More Flex Fuel Cars coming soon to the market.  Flex cars give consumers the ability to seamless switch between multiple alternative fuels sources. Fiat will debut two new methane-powered vehicles,”The Multipla Multi-eco concept” and “Panda Panda”, later this September at the Paris Auto Show.  .

“The Multipla Multi-eco concept, meanwhile, runs on methane, gasoline or E85 bioethanol. Like the Panda Panda, the methane is stored in separate tanks, while the main tank takes either gas or bioethanol, leaving the ECU to switch modes automatically according to the fuel used.”

Multi-flex cars are nothing new.  Ford and GM have developed cars using this technology for nearly a decade for Brazil.   See http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6817 for more details on how Brazil as used sugarcane-based fuel to become energy independent.

More detail on the Fiat models from http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/17/paris-preview-methane-powered-fiats/

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