Filed under: Aftermarket , Performance , Hatchback , Ferrari There are drawbacks to every kind of alternative to burning fossil fuels in our cars. Electric cars don’t have enough range.Hybrids are burdened with what essentially boils down to two parallel powertrains. Hydrogen is limited to where it is available.
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Report: Ferrari FF converted to run on bio-ethanol packs 875 hp
For less than €1500 Norwegian firm Customized.no offers a bio-ethanol E85 conversion that can transform your 651 bhp (485 kW / 660 PS) V12 powered all-wheel drive Ferrari supercar into a bona fide 875 bhp (652 kW / 887 PS) hyper car.
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Ferrari FF with bio-ethanol E85 conversion produces 875bhp
Filed under: Concept Cars , Budget , Crossover , Misc. Auto Shows , India , South America , Design/Style While we’ve been consumed with the ramp-up to next week’s Detroit Auto Show , there’s a more pressing matter on the international car events calendar – this week’s New Delhi Auto Expo. Ford Motor Company isn’t overlooking the burgeoning biennial show, and it’s taking the opportunity to reveal its first-ever world debut at the show, the next Ford EcoSport . Debuting with a sliver of show-only frosting (check out those glitzy headlamps), the tiny crossover is about the same size as the Fiesta five-door, and it’s built on the Blue Oval’s new global B-Car architecture.
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Official: Next Ford EcoSport now playing at New Delhi Auto Expo [UPDATE]
Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal Federal judge Lawrence J. O’Neill of the U.S.
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Report: California low-carbon fuel regulation ruled unconstitutional by judge
Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal Corn-based ethanol is a controversial fuel in its own right, and a longstanding federal subsidy for blending the biofuel with gasoline has been an additional source of consternation over the last 30 years. According to The Detroit News , Congress has wrapped up its work for 2011 without extending the incentive, a move that’s drawn praise from environmental groups and taxpayer advocates. Hand-in-hand with the discontinuation of the tax subsidy, an import tariff on ethanol imported from Brazil has also been cancelled, which opens the tap for a source of ethanol that doesn’t have the reputation of being a dirty diversion of a food crop that corn-based ethanol carries
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Report: 30-year-old corn ethanol subsidy nixed by Washington
Filed under: Government/Legal With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially issuing its finalized E15 (gasoline with 15-percent ethanol content) warning label, there’s widespread belief that the recently approved biofuel will be coming to gasoline stations soon. Well, it seems that’s not likely to be the case. In fact, it won’t take place for at least a year
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Report: E15 not coming to gas stations anytime soon