Abstract
Although ethanol, a renewable energy source produced from feedstock crops, has more desirable emissions characteristics than conventional automotive fuels, it has rarely been tested in heavy-duty vehicles in high-percentage blends. However, an NREL/DOE study of three snowplow and road maintenance trucks (two fueled with E95--a 95%/5% blend of ethanol--and one with gasoline) in Minneapolisconcluded that, with some refinements in maintenance and repair and a likely reduction in prices, the use of ethanol in heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) could be a commercial success. For more details on this and other major developments in alternative fuels for HDVs, order your copy of Alternative Fuels in Trucking today.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-540-23718
