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Nearly 90 percent of new 2018 archetypal year (MY) cartage are absolutely accustomed by the architect to use 15 percent booze blends (E15), according to the after-effects of an annual analysis of assurance statements and owner’s manuals conducted by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). That is up from aftermost year, back about 81 percent of MY2017 cartage were formally accustomed by automakers to use E15.
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For the aboriginal time, Nissan Motor Co. has warrantied the use of E15 in best of its MY 2018 vehicles, abutting the majority of its competitors. Together, Infiniti and Nissan represent hardly added than 9 percent of the U.S. light-duty auto market. Language accepting the use of E15 appears in the owner’s manuals for accepted Nissan models, including the Altima, Maxima, Pathfinder, Rogue, and Sentra, as able-bodied as Infiniti’s QX60, Q60, Q70, and assertive Q50 models.
Other key credibility from RFA’s assay include:
- The Detroit Three (Chrysler, General Motors and Ford), which collectively represent 44 percent of U.S. bazaar share, all abide to acutely acquiesce E15 in their vehicles. GM started acknowledging the use of E15 with its MY 2012 vehicles, while Ford abutting the afterward year and Chrysler began E15 approval with its MY 2016 vehicles.
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- Other ample automakers absolutely alms E15 approval for MY 2018 cartage accommodate Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai/Kia. Altogether, auto manufacturers with 89.4 percent of 2017 U.S. bazaar allotment now accept the use of E15 in their MY 2018 vehicles.
- Subaru, Daimler (maker of Mercedes-Benz), and Mazda abide the bigger agent manufacturers that still exclude E15 from owner’s chiral ammunition recommendations and assurance statements, calm apery about 7.5 percent of U.S. bazaar share. It should be noted, however, that Mercedes-Benz offers three of its best accepted models as angle ammunition cartage (FFVs) able of operating on up to 85 percent ethanol.
- With 1.7 percent of the U.S. market, BMW additionally continues to exclude E15 from its ammunition recommendations. However, BMW Group’s Mini cartage afresh acquiesce the use of up to 25 percent booze blends.
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In 2012, EPA accustomed the use of E15 in cartage congenital in MY 2001 or later. However, auto manufacturers did not retroactively endorse the use of E15 in bequest cartage that were already on the road. Since 2012, however, the cardinal of above automakers acknowledging the use of E15 has developed from one (General Motors) to 10.
RFA estimates that about 34 percent of the estimated 235 actor cars, trucks, and SUVs on the alley today are acutely accustomed by the automaker to use E15 (including FFVs). Meanwhile, added than 90 percent of cartage on the alley were congenital in 2001 or later, acceptation they are accurately accustomed by EPA to use E15.
“Automaker accepting and approval of E15 continues to aggrandize rapidly, and about all new 2018 cartage backpack the manufacturers’ absolute allowance to use this lower-cost, cleaner-burning, college octane fuel,” said RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen. “This assay should put to blow any belief still actuality broadcast by the American Petroleum Institute and its assembly that automakers don’t acquiesce or assurance the use of E15. We acclaim Nissan for abutting the ‘E15 Club’ with its archetypal year 2018 vehicles, and we will abide to assignment with the few actual automakers who haven’t yet included E15 in their ammunition approvals. We’re captivated to see Mini continuing to bonfire the aisle against greater customer choice. By accepting the use of optimal high-octane ammunition blends like E25 in accepted autos, Mini continues to set the pace.
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“The oil aggregation account for their abortion to advance in basement accepting E15 has been there isn’t acceptable appeal for E15 because it isn’t warrantied. Well, that anecdotal has been ambiguous for years, but now it is absolutely bankrupt. As this assay shows, 34 percent of the cars on the alley today accept abounding assurance advantage for E15. That compares to alone about 10 percent of cartage that crave a exceptional fuel. Oil companies accept invested in the basement for premium, but why not for E15? The acknowledgment is obvious, they appetite to bottle their cartel at the pump. But consumers deserve better. Consumers deserve college octane fuels at lower prices. That’s what E15 provides. It’s time for the oil industry to stop architecture barriers to college booze blends, and alpha confined the consumer,” Dinneen added.
Recently E15 has been experiencing absurd advance in the exchange and it is awash today at added than 1000 retail stations in 29 states.
Fuel up with added E15 Facts on RFA’s webpage here and appearance the new RFA analysis here.
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