Is there a car that can run on ethanol alone ?

Question

Is there a car that can run on ethanol alone ?

Answer 1

Flex-fuel vehicles can but the trouble with ethanol is it will corrode almost anything. Ethanol fuel is best when mixed with a small amount of something else. That is why there is e-85

Answer 2

The Saab Aero X

Answer 3

Race cars do.  At $6 /gal.

Answer 4

There are cars out there that run on ethanol alone... a lot of dragsters run on ethanol... but none to my knowledge that are commercially produced because the modification is difficult and the parts can be expensive

Answer 5

with a few minor modifications, any gas powered car can be run on straight ethanol. mother earth news has a few books on the subject. the modifications needed are minor.

Answer 6

yes - several - and you can convert.  but we need an all electric plug in and they have them but won't put them on the market wjile hybrids are still selling well

Answer 7

all cars sold in Brazil run on ethanol & have for years. its required by law in Brazil.

any gasoline engine can be made to run on ethanol simply by replacing all the rubber parts in the fuel system & recalibrating the  fuel injection or carburetor  air fuel ratio.

they will use a lot more fuel however because ethanol only produces 78,000 btu's per gallon as opposed to the 115,000 btus per gallon for gasoline.

Answer 8

Brazilian automaker Obvio makes several and I think there may be other Brazilian makes for ethanol.  Also Saab makes one that can run on 100% ethanol.