Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Converting a car to burn ethanol can reduce one’s carbon footprint, save almost $1 per gallon on fuel and carry a fine of up to $25,000 a day from the U.S.

Q. If E85 has higher octane than regular and premium gasoline, why don’t performance vehicles use the ethanol blend? I want a Chevy HHR SS turbo but it is not E85 compatible. I understand the loss of ...

It's no surprise that drivers are looking for cheaper fuel alternatives, many people are converting their vehicles to run on vegetable oil or other fuels, but one man in Indiana had a different idea!

More French drivers are purchasing ethanol conversion kits to allow their cars to run on higher ethanol blends to take advantage of the ethanol and gas price differential. FlexFuel Energy Development ...

Sales of kits that let gasoline engines run on ethanol are surging in France, as drivers switch to using the sharply cheaper crop-based fuel at a time of soaring oil prices. PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) ...

ANSWER: Technically, most any vehicle can be made to run on E85, which is 85 percent alcohol and 15 percent gasoline. The small percentage of gasoline does two things: It helps the engine start when ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of kits that let gasoline engines run on ethanol are surging in France, as drivers switch to using the sharply cheaper crop-based fuel at a time of soaring oil prices.

"People think now is the time, there really is interest in switching to ethanol," Sylvain Demoures, secretary general of French ethanol producers group SNPAA said. PARIS - Sales of kits that let ...