Ford says that E85 plays an important role in the transformation of the vehicle fleet. And it was Ford who was the first ethanol cars in Sweden almost 20 years ago. Sales took off when Saab Automobile launched models, the 9-3 and 9-5 Biopower and the Volvo countered with the models V70 and V50.
the Peak year of 2008 were sold 57.886 the solution. Thereafter, the decline in demand gradually to cease completely in the year when the Volkswagen as the last brand pulled out of the market.
– We believe in electric car as one of several solutions in the long term, but in the here and now is the ethanol is almost completely unbeatable in order to achieve a quick klimatomställning in large scale, ” says Erik Lindham.
last week on its plans for electrification. The next few years, 40 models to be electrified to a varying degree, from the mildhybrider to pure electric cars. But it is not enough with electrification, says Ford. There is also a wide bet on alternative fuels like E85 and diesel fuel HVO.
the Electric cars will not be able to be the entire solution within the next five to ten years, and during the period needed complementary solutions. There we see that the ethanol fills a great need. The distribution network already exists, we have around 1,800 pumps in Sweden, and the technology is tried and tested, ” says Erik Lindham.
– The problem with too high sulfatnivåer that existed are long gone, thanks to an EU standard, and now even the price of E85 is lower than gasoline, even when taking into account etanolens lower energy content, ” he says.
the Engine in the Kuga E85 has been optimized for ethanol-powered and has a peak power of 150 horsepower. The base price is the same as for ordinary Kuga with petrol 259.900.
in the premium in the new tax system the bonus-malus, which began to apply on 1 July of last year. E85 cars get no bonus, but they also get no height annual tax (malus) regardless of how high emissions of carbon dioxide are. The tax is fixed at sek 360.
Ford is hoping that the view on E85 is changing so that more manufacturers follow Ford’s example.
– E85 as a fuel has been very unfairly treated by the policy in the past few years, and it has made the market of dalat. But the potential of the fuel is still there, and we hope that more brands will follow after us now. In this way, together, we can show for the policy that we in the industry still believe on E85 and get to the improvements that will benefit both the climate and the infrastructure, ” says Erik Lindham.
