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flex-fuel

British  

adjective

  1. relating to cars or engines that can run on more than one type of fuel, usually petrol and ethanol

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A solution is at hand; it lies in Detroit’s making more flex-fuel cars -- cars able to use gasoline, ethanol, methanol or any mixture of these.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2011

Nor has it been used to grow sugar for ethanol, where Brazil is a world leader with its unique flex-fuel engines.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2011

Most Brazilian cars can run on a mixture of ethanol and petrol, thanks in part to the flex-fuel engine, developed in the country.

From Economist ● Nov. 18, 2010

Other Options Automakers like Audi, Bentley, BMW and Volkswagen are turning to flex-fuel and diesel technology as better ways to conserve fuel--and still meet emissions standards.

From Forbes ● Mar. 31, 2010

"Two-thirds of the pumps are concentrated in 10 states and those 10 states have only about 19 percent of the flex-fuel vehicles that we have on the road," said Stevens.

From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2010

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