Csaba Csere, “Car and Driver’s” editor in chief, examines the high feasibility of a technology announced last April, which could significantly boost the gas mileage of ethanol. He points out that flex-fuel cars get 25 percent fewer miles per gallon on ethanol than on gasoline, yet ethanol doesn’t cost 25 percent less at the pump. But Neil Ressler, formerly the chief technology officer at Ford, is backing a start-up company, Ethanol Boosting
Systems, which plans to produce direct-injection engines that cost only nominally more than gas or ethanol engines. Essentially, the company’s technology takes advantage of ethanol’s naturally high octane and excellent cooling ability to use high-boost pressure in a super-charged or turbocharged gasoline engine. Because the engine is outfitted with turbines, it can be much smaller in size to produce as much power and torque as a larger engine.
New Technology Boosts Ethanol Mileage
Csaba Csere, “Car and Driver’s” editor in chief, examines the high feasibility of a technology announced last April, which could significantly boost the gas mileage of ethanol. He points out that flex-fuel cars get 25 percent fewer miles per gallon on ethanol than on gasoline, yet ethanol doesn’t cost 25 percent less at the pump. […]
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