Regardless of the pork politics and sketchy economics of ethanol production in this country, you have to admit the stuff makes for great race fuel. Widely available in the Midwest, where it’s produced ...

Alt Ford, Part Deux: Ford also announced today that 20 demonstration E85-capable Escape Hybrids will be heading for six unspecified states for testing this spring. The announcement notes that driving ...

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Here's why this works. As you may remember from our first E85 story, ethanol offers up roughly 30 percent less Btu heat-output per pound of fuel compared with gasoline. That means to make the same ...

Nebraska ran state vehicles on 10 percent corn ethanol — including this 1970s-era Ford Pinto — more than 40 years ago to prove the fuel wouldn’t damage engines. The state will soon launch another ...