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Biofuels Digest
June 01, 2010 Jim Lane
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association, through its Choose Ethanol project, is highlighting the newly-arrived availability of E85 availability data on Garmin and TomTom GPS devices. Device owners can upload E85 station data as “special points of interest”.
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DomesticFuel.com
Posted by Cindy Zimmerman – November 23rd, 2009
Want to know where you can buy E85? There’s an app for that now.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today launched a new application for Garmin GPS units that that maps out the location of E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) for users with flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs).
“The most frustrating thing for many FFV owners is not knowing where they can fill up with higher level ethanol blends, like E85,” said RFA Director of Market Development Robert White. “With this new feature, drivers going to the grocery store or to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving will know the exact location of the nearest E85 pump.”
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