Economic benefits
1. Its price
Bioethanol is the cheapest fuel in France with an average of € 0.70 per liter, it varies depending on the stations between € 0.50 and € 1.00.
Be careful of However, driving on ethanol generates overconsumption of around 15%. It is therefore impossible to cut your fuel budget in half, but it is possible to cut it by around 40%.
2. Ethanol is a fuel that drives the national economy
Bioethanol is mainly produced in France. Like every new sector, it requires investment and job creation. A study by Price WaterHouse Cooper shows that the production of bioethanol generates more jobs than that of fossil fuels (SP95 / SP98): 1,000 tonnes of ethanol represent between 3 and 6 jobs, compared to 0.01 jobs per 1,000 tons of gasoline!
3. State promotes and encourages switch to bioethanol
The government is encouraging all motorists to take the step of ethanol. For this, financial assistance is available at the regional and departmental level for vehicles of less than 10 fiscal horsepower. As a bonus, the gray card is free in certain regions, or reduced by 50% or reduced by 50%. Regional and departmental help is also available to convert your car. The gray card is free in certain regions and finally companies can recover part of the VAT and reduce their TVS.
The advantages for the engine
4. Its ease of adaptation to modern gasoline engines
For an injection vehicle built after the 2000s on average, it is possible to perform a flex fuel conversion of its gasoline vehicle in half a day. The price of this conversion varies between 400 € and 1700 € depending on the manufacturer and the size of the engine.
A Flex fuel conversion is a modification that is made only on gasoline cars, by adding a box or by reprogramming the engine and the injection parameters to make it compatible with all the following fuels: SP95, SP95-e10, SP98, E85.
Once this conversion is carried out, it is possible to use all of these fuels, whether or not mixed.
5. Bioethanol is a high-performance fuel
Bioethanol contains an octane number higher than SP95 or SP98. The octane rate is the number after the SP (unleaded): the SP95 therefore has an octane number of 95, the SP98 of 98. It is certainly possible to find unleaded with an equal octane number. to 100 in Italy or in Germany but in France, it is not possible. E85 contains an octane number of approximately 100-106. It is therefore of better quality, so it can improve combustion and thus have a positive effect on the performance of your engine. This increase in performance is admittedly very small, but why deny it? A more efficient engine is also a more efficient engine.
6. Bioethanol improves the longevity of your engine
Bioethanol is more respectful of the mechanical parts of your engine. No study has actually proven that E85 lengthens the life of an engine, but a large number of users, mechanics and other professionals say so.
In addition, a fuel with a better octane number necessarily extends the life of an engine because it allows combustion at a more precise moment and therefore optimized combustion which will therefore damage the engine less.
The benefits for the environment
7. E85 is less harmful to the environment
Bioethanol is the cheapest fuel at the pump, but above all the least polluting of all. Indeed, driving on bioethanol allows you to reduce your CO2 emissions by 60 to 70%.
To put it simply, the Co2 released by driving with a car that uses bioethanol as fuel is equivalent to the Co2 absorbed by plants (beets and cereals) when they grow. The only pollution created therefore comes from the 15% of unleaded gasoline in E85, the transport of this fuel and the pollution generated by the cultivation of plants and its transformation.
It is therefore very respectful for our planet.
8. It's a renewable fuel
Unlike unleaded or diesel from petroleum refining, ethanol is a fuel made from beets and grains like corn or wheat. It is therefore inexhaustible as long as our climate, our land and our agriculture allow us to produce enough.
The "political" advantages
9. Approving your car to run on ethanol is simple
Bioethanol requires a modification of the parameters of the car, but it is relatively easy to have it approved. Any modification to your car which modifies information entered on the vehicle registration document requires a new homologation.
These homologations can be long, expensive and tedious. However, for bioethanol the professional who will make the changes can without any problem offer you a move to homologation
10. This fuel is beneficial for the energy independence of France
Bioethanol is produced largely in France. It therefore allows our country to control its manufactured quantity and quality, its manufacturing cost and its selling price. We are therefore not dependent on other countries, as is the case with diesel or unleaded. It is therefore also possible to have better price control and therefore have stable prices at the pump.
In this theme, you can find a vehicle that runs on ethanol or bioethanol in our used car catalog.
Buying a car with CapCar At CapCar we offer bioethanol cars and quality used gasoline cars, guaranteed for 6 months (mechanical). At market price, they were checked at 200 control points by one of our technicians for 2 hours!
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