Germany cancels E10 mandate for 2009; 3.7 million vehicles not conversion-ready

In Germany, the environment minister has reversed a mandated conversion to E10 ethanol scheduled for next year after it was revealed that 3.7 million German cars would not be able to run on the fuel. Sigmar Gabriel said that the number had exceeded his tolerable “pain threshold” pegged at one million cars, and cancelled what has been propose as a centerpiece of German efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 percent by 2020.

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