Call them the underdogs of the hybrid vehicle movement, not many people know about them, but everyone should.
Some people who drive flex-fuel cars know they are saving gas but they don’t always know that they are in a FFV.
Luckily, their production and use is slowly picking up in the United States.
What is A FFV?
The official name is flexible-fuel vehicles, or dual-fuel vehicles, for obvious reasons. They are alternative fuel cars using multi-fuel engines burning on gas and a second fuel source, most often ethanol.
Odds are good that you are in the same boat. Where can you learn more about your vehicle, or a car you want to buy?
Over the past few years the automotive industry seems to have made a full commitment to the green movement, pushed – not merely nudged – by factors such as consumer demand, the widespread global warming debate and gas costs.
“The SUV craze was a bubble and now it is bursting,” automotive economist George Hoffer told The Boston Globe recently. “It’s an irrational vehicle. It’ll never come back.”
