![]() Some of the technology is already here, but other possibilities are at least five years off.Ĭohn and others are developing engines that take advantage of ethanol’s unique high-octane properties, instead of merely adapting to the fuel. To make ethanol more marketable, researchers, in collaboration with the world’s largest auto manufacturers, are working to bridge that gas mileage gap. Mileage drops by about 30 percent with E85, which is a mix of 85 percent ethanol with gasoline. You can have the best thing since sliced bread, but if only a small percentage of people buy it, it doesn’t have an impact,” said Daniel Cohn, senior research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Įthanol has less energy per gallon than gasoline and lowers fuel economy. ![]() Henry Ford, however, abandoned ethanol because gasoline cost less, and almost a century later the cost-per-mile of ethanol remains one of the fuel’s biggest challenges. The relic shrinks in the shadow of a fire red 2007 Supercrew pickup sporting a V-8 engine that easily can top 75 mph with a 30-foot boat in tow.ĭifferent automobiles from different eras, but Ford designed both for the same purpose: to run on ethanol. In the new-car showroom on the Merle Hay auto mile in Des Moines sits a 1915 Ford Model T with its hand-crank starter and an engine that, in its prime, reached 45 miles per hour. Reference: "WORLD MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION OICA correspondents survey WORLD RANKING OF MANUFACTURERS Year 2011" (PDF). Rank of manufacturers by production in 2012 RankĢ011 Top 20 motor vehicle manufacturing companies by volume 2011 Total motor vehicle production Rank of manufacturers by production in 2013 Rank Rank of manufacturers by production in 2014 Rank Rank of manufacturers by production in 2015 Rank Some figures were amended in the 2017 report. This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2016. This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2017. The Ford group includes Jaguar Land Rover until 2007 (sold to Tata in 2008) and Volvo until 2009 (sold to Geely in 2010).Hyundai and Kia have operated as part of the Hyundai Motor Group since 1998. ![]()
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