According to the U.S Department of Energy’s fact sheet “Clean Cities” of June 2008, a flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) “as its name implies, has the flexibility of running on more than one type of fuel. FFVs can be fueled with unleaded gasoline, E85, or any combination of the two.” Flexible fuel vehicles are not hybrid vehicles in that they have only one engine which is designed to run on either gasoline alone or on a mixture of gasoline and usually ethanol.
Advantages of Flexible Fuel Vehicles
- Flexible fuel vehicles are identical to everyday vehicles used all over the country. The U.S. Department of Energy, in its Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicle Data Center estimates that up to seven million FFVs are in use in America in 2008.
- Under the “Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005” and the “Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007” there are tax incentive available to both manufacturers and consumers of FFVs