flexible-fuel vehicle , auch: flex-fuel vehicle informal , FFV (Abkürzung)
dual-fuel vehicle

Third, it would help make sure that every single new car in America is a flexible-fuel vehicle within a decade.

The early steam cars are long gone, of course, but today's flexible-fuel vehicles more than make up the difference.

Fourth, there are already millions of people driving flexible-fuel vehicles who don't know it.

American automakers hope to double annual production of flexible-fuel vehicles, to two million, by 2010.

The article also misstated the number of flexible-fuel vehicles that the company plans to produce per year by 2010.

"Otherwise, their increased flexible-fuel vehicle sales will actually exacerbate our oil dependence."

She said Ford marked its flexible-fuel vehicles on the hood and fuel cap.

Toyota plans to sell a flexible-fuel vehicle in Brazil, where ethanol is widely used, during the coming year.

That was the beginning of the low-compression flexible-fuel vehicles that we can still buy today.

There are currently no definitions for flexible-fuel vehicle.

Flexible-fuel vehicles have one fuel system and use a mixture of gasoline and alcohol.

E85 is commonly used in the U.S. and Europe for flexible-fuel vehicles.

Together, the three companies have sold millions of flexible-fuel vehicles, which can run on either gasoline or a gasoline-ethanol mixture.

Despite the redesigned window stickers, some information will not show up there, like the mileage of a flexible-fuel vehicle running on E85.

The Brazilian car manufacturing industry developed flexible-fuel vehicles that can run on any proportion of gasoline and ethanol.

Finally, while it's not in the bill, we should also make sure that every single automobile the government purchases is a flexible-fuel vehicle - starting today.

Cars.com has a guide to the ethanol-based fuel E85 as well as a list of flexible-fuel vehicles available on the market.

Like other auto companies, Ford has emphasized its flexible-fuel vehicles, which can run on fuels other than gasoline.

They are pledging, for instance, to sell far more flexible-fuel vehicles, which can operate on gasoline or a gasoline-ethanol mixture.

Second, Washington should lead the way on energy independency by making sure that every single automobile the government purchases is a flexible-fuel vehicle - starting today.

Other existing option is to retrofit an ethanol flexible-fuel vehicle to add a natural gas tank and the corresponding injection system.

A flexible-fuel vehicle mandate would end the chicken and egg dilemma that's hampered the development of E85 refueling infrastructure.

Confidence on ethanol-powered vehicles was restored only with the introduction in the Brazilian market of flexible-fuel vehicles.

All flexible-fuel vehicles in Sweden use an E75 winter blend instead of E85 to avoid engine starting problems during cold weather.

It is a flexible-fuel vehicle that runs on either pure ethanol fuel (E100) or gasoline or any mix thereof.

Safety experts have been appalled by the spread of dual-fuel vehicles.

The report acknowledged that few dual-fuel vehicles were actually using ethanol, a type of alcohol produced from corn.

Expanded production of the dual-fuel vehicles "enhances our ability to comply with the law, and we will be in compliance," he said.

In a dual-fuel vehicle, the combustion of the diesel fuel serves to ignite the natural gas.

GM plans to start selling dual-fuel vehicles next year in China, one of the world's biggest polluters.

Recently, General Motors has put yellow gas caps on its dual-fuel vehicles to alert customers.

But by building a lot of dual-fuel vehicles, the auto makers could protect themselves from all but the most stringent changes in Federal standards.

The General Motors Corporation has also been considering whether to introduce a dual-fuel vehicle.

It is difficult to predict exactly how much Ford or Chrysler's overall fuel economy may be helped by selling dual-fuel vehicles.

California offers buyers a $2,000 subsidy on dual-fuel vehicles, potentially making the buyer's cost lower than for models that run on gas only.

By building dual-fuel vehicles, automakers receive credits that allow them to lower the average gas mileage of all other vehicles in their fleets.

During the year we replaced 16 petrol and dual-fuel vehicles with dedicated LPG vehicles.

The report recommends that "credits for dual-fuel vehicles should be eliminated, with a long enough lead time to limit adverse financial impacts on the automotive industry."

Ford has expanded its lineup of flexible-fuel vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, and dual-fuel vehicles.

Senator McCain's review and the safety agency's report on dual-fuel vehicles in September are unlikely to result in legislative action this year.

The dual-fuel vehicles are designed to run on nearly pure ethanol, which is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, and often marketed as E85.

Automotive engineers estimated that if the production of dual-fuel vehicles rose into the tens of thousands, the additional cost would fall to $200 to $500 a vehicle.

Electric vehicles are also incentivized by the 0.15 fuel divisor, but are not subject to the 1.2 mpg cap like dual-fuel vehicles.

Under a loophole in Federal law, building dual-fuel vehicles will help Detroit sell more big profit, big-engine, gas-guzzling trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV or dual-fuel vehicle)

But making dual-fuel vehicles also helps auto makers reap huge credits toward Federal fuel-economy standards, allowing them to sell more gas-guzzling but profitable sport utility vehicles.

The law will make the fuel-economy calculations for dual-fuel vehicles less favorable for automakers in 2004, and manufacturers have already begun lobbying for an extension of that deadline.

In 2006, U.S. Senators introduced the BioFuels Security Act, which would mandate the production of dual-fuel vehicles and the sale of E85 ethanol fuel.

While large numbers of these dual-fuel vehicles are being manufactured, the report concluded that very few of them are burning ethanol, and the report recommended that the program be canceled.

Q-FLEET is trialing a compressed natural gas (CNG) dual-fuel vehicle to determine the environmental and commercial impacts of introducing such vehicles into the government fleet.