Fuel Testing Reveals Higher Octane in Ethanol, Adding Improved Performance Benefits

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: January 10, 2012

Colwich, KS—Last July, it might have seemed surprising when the government announced ambitious plans to raise corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards to 54.5 MPG by 2025.

However, across the map, from Detroit to Japan, the automotive industry said that the seemingly impossible MPG number was an attainable goal.

What’s more, the bulk of the heavy lifting to get there will be accomplished by utilizing high-efficiency internal combustion engines that deliver lower C02 emissions per mile.

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Student-built vehicles to take aim at 3,000 mpg in speedway contest

Press Enterprise.com (Riverside, CA)
06:38 AM PDT on Monday, April 13, 2009
By LAURIE LUCASThe Press-Enterprise

At the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Friday morning, officials will bawl: "Students, start your fuel-efficient engines!"

At that moment, a team from Corona, the only Inland competitor, will rev up its two energy-
hoarding vehicles.

One's solar-powered, the other runs on unleaded gasoline.

Both were built by 29 boys at Centennial High School and their advisor, metal shop teacher Kent Galloway.

Their goal is to get 3,000 miles per gallon.

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Announces New Division for Large Automakers to Showcase Fuel-Efficiency Efforts

MarketWire
SOURCE: Progressive Automotive X PRIZE
Jan 11, 2009 10:40 ET

Details of the Competition's New Demonstration Division Announced at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit
http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/

DETROIT, MI--(Marketwire - January 11, 2009) - The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a multimillion dollar competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles, today announced details of a Demonstration Division designed specifically for large, established automobile manufacturers. "We believe that this new Division provides an ideal platform for major automakers in the U.S. and E.U. to promote their latest fuel-efficient vehicles and we hope this announcement sparks new entries into the competition," noted Peter Diamandis, President and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation.

The Demonstration Division, distinct from the existing Competition Division, is intended to showcase high-efficiency vehicles from established automakers that are already selling fully validated, four-wheel vehicles in the U.S. or E.U. at quantities greater than 10,000 per year, and have been doing so since 2005. Such companies may enter efficient Mainstream Class vehicles that are either in production or committed for production and sale in the U.S. or E.U. prior to the end of 2012.

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