2024年12月1日 · Consumer Reports explains whether you should use unleaded 88 octane gas (also known as E15), which contains 15 percent ethanol, instead of standard 87 octane gasoline.

2021年9月21日 · To be clear, E15 is gasoline. It's 88-octane fuel that is refined with 85 percent unleaded gas and 15 percent ethanol. E15 has been available through retail distributors since 2012 and, like...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines E15 as gasoline blended with 10.5% to 15% ethanol. In 2011, EPA approved E15 for use in light-duty conventional vehicles of model year 2001 and newer, through a Clean Air Act waiver request, based on significant testing and research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

2023年7月27日 · E15 gas is a type of gasoline that contains 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. It is one of several ethanol fuel blends available on the market but is currently the most widely available. E15 gas first appeared in the US in 2011 through EPa’s approval, and most manufacturers ensured their vehicles could run on it.

2022年4月12日 · E15 is a mix of regular gasoline and a smaller amount of ethanol, a plant-based fuel typically made from corn in the US. The “15” in the name means that it includes 15% ethanol. Even regular...

Most of our Exxon and Mobil branded gasoline currently contains 10% ethanol, also known as E10 fuel. In 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) approved gasoline blends containing 15% ethanol (E15 fuel) for use in flexible-fuel vehicles and in model year 2001 and newer gasoline cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger ...

E15, most commonly sold as Unleaded 88 (UNL88) by fuel retailers, is a fuel blend made of gasoline and 15% bio-based ethanol. Higher in octane than standard fuel grades, it burns cleaner and cooler than standard gasoline and can be used in 96% of the vehicles on the road today (all cars 2001 or newer).

2019年3月20日 · Some stations have offered E15, which bumps the amount of ethanol to 15 percent, since 2005, but the EPA had previously banned its sale during the summer amid concerns that it contributed to the creation of smog. The EPA is poised to rescind the ban and make E15 available throughout the year under a rule it could finalize by June 1.

E15 gasoline consists of up to 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. Also called Unleaded 88, it burns cleaner than regular gasoline, which reduces greenhouse gases. Savings at the pump: Drivers who used E15 saved an average of 88 cents per gallon compared to a gallon of ethanol-free gasoline, according to fuel prices reported in April 2024 to ...

2024年10月9日 · In 1978 a Clean Air Act waiver allowed the use of 10 volume percent ethanol in gasoline, known as gasohol or E10. Today, almost all gasoline are E10 blends. In June 2011, EPA approved blends of 15 volume percent ethanol in gasoline for use in model year 2001 and newer passenger cars, light-trucks and medium-duty vehicles.