Japan Auto Group Approves E10

The Japanese are coming around to support ethanol, something that clearly pleases the Brazilian sugarcane industry, which has seen an inflow of Japanese investments. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), a powerful industry group in Japan, recently issued a report in support of fuel ethanol.  JAMA endorses the use of up to 10% ethanol blends in gasoline but insists that the alternative fuel  have quality equivalent to the conventional gasoline or diesel fuel so that satisfactory safety and emission performance of vehicles can be achieved, the group says. Specifically on ethanol, JAMA endorsed up to 10% blends for all vehicles and said that greater than 10% ethanol content should be limited to vehicles specially designed so or for flexible-fuel vehicles. Ironically, Toyota has been fighting to require flex-fuel vehicles in the U.S.

[Via http://sugarcaneblog.com]