Since the Volt can run on E85 this is news for us.  The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced partnerships between and General Motors Corporation (GM) and 10 states to enhance access to E-85 ethanol for flex-fuel vehicles. Under these new public-private partnerships, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin will [...]

General Motors is partnering with ten different states to help them produce more Ethanol.  Ethanol is the main ingredient in E85, a blend of gasoline that is 85% Ethanol and 15% gas.  Only certain cars can run on E85, the new Chevy Volt being one of them.  The vehicles engine has to be built to [...]

The Volt (along with many other vehicles) is going to be E85 compatibe.  That means that it can run regular gasoline or a mixture of gas(15%)/ethanol(85%).  The issue many people have right now with E85 is the way in which we get it.  Currently lots of corn is used to make the E85.  This means [...]