An improved flex-fuel engine will allow vehicles to get better fuel efficiency from a mix of ethanol and gasoline. The pressure within the engine changes to adapt to different fuel blends. This, ...

An engine switching between gasoline and ethanol needs a sensor that can reconcile two distinct fuel-air mixtures. “Integrating that control system, especially in a hybrid architecture, is not trivial ...

Bob Dylan wrote "The times they are a-changin'" way back in the '60s and those words still ring true today—even for the fuel you pump into the tank of your Mustang or Camaro. A growing trend is the ...

February 6, 2009 Automotive technology specialist Ricardo has revealed the development of technology that optimizes ethanol-fuelled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine ...

According to a view things I've read online, using E85 in a standard gasoline engine messes with the O² control for fuel injections and generally causes a dropoff in power. However, using standard ...

The Cummins 2.8L ETHOS engine was developed specifically to run on E-85, which the engine maker describes as a “clean-burning blend” of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline A new engine/powertrain combination ...

Cummins is looking to the future with a turbocharged four-cylinder E85 engine. Yesterday, the company unveiled its new Ethos 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that runs on E85 and provides ...

Cummins says it’s developing an E85-fueled engine that reduces carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck engine. The work was jointly ...

Melissa Block talks with Daniel Yergin, chairman of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, about the rise of Brazil's sugar-based ethanol industry. Yergin says rising oil prices and the ...

These days, more and more research dollars are flowing toward advanced flex-fuel alternatives to diesel engines in attempts to find drivetrains with similar power and fuel economy ratings but smaller ...

The folks over at Hot Air claimed in a post today that high-level blends of ethanol in gasoline may corrode your car's engine and potentially void your manufacturer's warranty. For better or worse, I ...

The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol proponent, said gas with ethanol content under 10 percent should not harm small engines, but that may be harder to get. Earlier this year, the Environmental ...