Ethanol beats gasoline in Oslo-to-Paris fuel cost trial

In France, Ford has completed a fuel cost trial with three Focus C-Max cars, driving them from Oslo to Paris using diesel, E85, and gasoline.

Diesel proved the most cost effective, with a fuel cost of €0.07 per km; E85 cost €0.09/km and gasoline cost €0.11/km.

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

Biofuels now available in Vietnam with launch of E5, E10 trial in Hanoi

In Vietnam, biofuels have been made available for the first time with the trial marketing of E5 and E10 blends at two stations in Hanoi. The fuel is marketed at a 3 percent savings over conventional g...

Brisbane, Australia to trial B20 in 25 city buses

Brisbane, capital of the state of Queensland in Australia, has determined to trial B20 biodiesel in 25 of its metro transit buses.   The move follows completion of a successful two-year trial of bi...

Alabama’s Jackson County cancels biodiesel trial, not “cost effective”

A small three-truck trial of biodiesel by Jackson County in Alabama was called off after three months, after the head of the waste removal department said that the records showed that biodiesel was no...

Egypt embarks on 207-acre jatropha trial, seeking biofuels options

In Egypt, the state news agency is reporting that the Ministry of Agriculture is sponsoring a 207-acre jatropha trial in the Red Sea Hurghada province. The focus of the trial is to determine whethe...

34 percent increase in fruit quantity, 24 percent increase in nut size, in early results from jatropha paclobutrazol trial with

In Indonesia, Chemical Direct is reporting that, with the use of Au-Star paclobutrazol in a 5-6 year trial, it expects to increase the oil content by 1-2% beyond the current range of 26.6% to 35.5%. O...

Indian biodiesel trial halted after feedstock prices soar

In India, the managing director of PMTCL in Pune said that a biodiesel trial would be discontinued due to high producer prices for biodiesel feedstock. The 100-bus trial of B20 was canceled after t...