E85 in Australia next year

Posted Nov 4th 2007 at 3:21PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Ethanol

An AutoblogGreen reader from Down Under has let us know that E85 fuel will most likely finally be available in Australia next year. A specific date isn't set, but United Petroleum seems set to sell the ethanol-petrol blend in "early 2008" at the price of about $1AUS per liter, starting around Melbourne and Sydney.

The ethanol-pusher in this case was Saab, which has been selling an E85-capable 9-5 in Australis for $1,000 more than the standard version, without any E85 available for people to put into the tank.

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[Source: Drive.com.au via Alt Fuels Australia, h/t to Nathan]

Tags: australia-ethanol, e85, e85-ethanol, ethanol, ethanol-australia, saab, saab-biopower, saab-ethanol

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