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Texas Agriculture Archive

March 3, 2006

Car makers helping promote
use of ethanol fueling pumps

General Motors and Ford Motor Company have both announced commitments to help increase the number of E85 ethanol gasoline fuel pumps in the nation. Both companies are touting their line-ups of E85-compatible vehicles being built today.

General Motors made its latest statements while announcing 26 new E-85 stations in the Chicago area. The company plans to work with state and federal governments, oil companies and ethanol companies to get refueling stations built.

Meanwhile, Ford announced it is launching the "Midwest Ethanol Corridor" program for expanding E85 availability by about one-third throughout the states of Illinois and Missouri during 2006. This will be done in partnership with VeraSun Energy, a renewable energy company.