https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-...-sales-of-gas-with-higher-ethanol-blend/
If this is approved, how will current vehicles handle it? GM, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, others - all selling highly tuned high compression turbocharged DI engines which will certainly be specifically programmed to work with the characteristics of a specific fuel.... will automakers be able to release flashes to work with this or does it get worse? That's 50% more ethanol than is now in the blend... which is still not a lot - it's 5% overall, but at what point do seals and rubber bits begin to care?
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If this is approved, how will current vehicles handle it? GM, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, others - all selling highly tuned high compression turbocharged DI engines which will certainly be specifically programmed to work with the characteristics of a specific fuel.... will automakers be able to release flashes to work with this or does it get worse? That's 50% more ethanol than is now in the blend... which is still not a lot - it's 5% overall, but at what point do seals and rubber bits begin to care?
-m