According to the latest Harris Interactive AutoTECHCAST study, US consumers are definitely warming up to FFV. The study conducted bi-annually among adult vehicle owners in the United States took the opinion of 12,857 US adults who own a US car model dated 2001 or newer or lease a vehicle.



The study has an interesting discovery-it says two-thirds of consumers surveyed are familiar with E85 flexible fuel vehicles, and more than one-half are interested in purchasing such a vehicle. Consumers (88%) cite reason for interest in purchasing flexible fuel vehicles as a step towards reducing dependency on petroleum. So annoyed are consumers with gas crisis that around 53% of those surveyed indicated their willingness to pay more money for a vehicle that uses less petroleum-based fuel.



What the 69 percent of those interested in flex-fuel vehicles do not realise is that such vehicles would improve fuel efficiency only by a slight figure but will be slightly enhanced given ethanol’s higher octane rating. So what do you think...will care for the environment be sufficient to sustain the popularity of FFV? Even if the answer be YES, the 800 E85 pumps available in US are not sufficient to meet the demands of an increased number of FFVs.



Via: Green Car Congress