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The flexible fuel vehicle or two fuel vehicle is made with a four -stroke internal internal combustion engine (Otto cycle) that has the ability to use two mixed fuels in the same fuel tank. The most common flexible vehicle type available in the world market is equipped with an engine that accepts both gasoline and ethanol mixed in any proportion and burns both in the combustion chamber at the same time, for which the fuel injection is automatically adjusted by electronic sensors that detect the proportion present in the mixture of the two fuels. In the case of Brazilian technology, software was developed that unnecessary the use of additional sensors to make this adjustment.
At present, only cars and light load vehicles are sold to operate with the flexible ethanol engine. Flexible vehicles have also been developed that work with methanol as fuel, known as M85, used in demonstrative programs in several countries, but mainly in California. Until 2009, more than 19 million flexible vehicles were circulating in the world using ethanol as fuel, mainly in Brazil (9.3 million), United States (around 9.0 million), Canada (600 thousand) and Europe, led by Sweden (181,458). In addition, in 2009 183,375 Flex-Fuel motorcycles in Brazil were sold.
Although current technology allows ethanol flex vehicles to work with any proportion of no lead and ethanol gasoline, in the United States and Europe the engines are optimized to operate with a maximum mixture of anhydrous ethanol of 85% (E85). This limit is fixed in practice to avoid starting problems with the cold engine during seasons or places with cold weather, and the ethanol content is reduced during winter for E70 in the United States and for E75 in Sweden. Brazil, with a hotter climate, developed and markets vehicles capable of operating with any ethanol mixture up to 100% hydrated ethanol (E100), however, as pure gasoline has not been sold in the country since 1993, Brazilian flex vehicles really operate with any mixture of e20 to E25 to E100. To avoid starting problems in cold weather, Flex vehicles manufactured in Brazil have a small auxiliary tank that stores gasoline and is injected for cold start when the ambient temperature is less than 15 ° C. The third generation of Flex engines launched in 2009 allows to dispense with the auxiliary tank for cold start.
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a natural approach
any driver knows that alcohol and car are not a good combination. However, if the alcohol is under the hood of a Ford Flexifuel vehicle, the thing changes. Our flexifuel vehicles work with alcohol instead of gasoline, or with a combination of both fuels.
To be exact, the E85 burning engine (E85 is a mixture of 85% bioethanol and 15% of no lead gasoline), which can be obtained from natural undone products, such as wooden waste, sugar beet, cereals or agricultural waste. The flexifuel engine can also work only with gasoline, which is a very practical option for when it is not possible to fill the tank with E85.
Flexifuel vehicles
Less emissions for "more green" vehicles
The use of renewable raw materials with which bioethanol is made, makes our Ford Focus versions, the Ford C-Max, the Ford Mondeo and S-Max, are authentically "green".
What is bioethanol, exactly?
Bioethanol is an alcohol that is obtained from the fermentation of raw materials that contain starch and sugar, such as beet. The use of these renewable raw materials helps protect our limited fossil fuel resources. As the CO2 emitted during combustion is part of the natural cycle, bioethanol is a renewable fuel. In the long term, the so -called "second generation" bioethanol is derived from alternative materials, such as waste, straw, herbs or woodwood and offers a promising and efficient alternative.
An ecological fuel, in harmony with nature
you may know that living plants use large amounts of CO2 in photosynthesis. When the plant reaches the end of its natural life and decomposes, CO2 is released in the air, so that the next plant can use it to grow. And the cycle continues indefinitely. When generating bioethanol derived from plants to use it as fuel in flexifuel engines, the same process occurs.
Despite the "detour" that CO2 takes when passing through the engine, it continues to enter this perpetual natural cycle. The advantage of bioethanol is that, while there are plants, we can generate an ecological fuel in harmony with nature.
Is bioethanol use and consumption generalized?
Currently, bioethanol (E85) is available to our Flexifuel vehicles in more than 14 European countries. In Sweden, where the Ford Focus Flexifuel vehicle was introduced in 2001, sales of these models reach 80% of all Ford Focus and C-Max models sold.
After their success, we have gradually introduced flexifuel vehicles in many other European countries. In 2006 we sold more than 10,000 Focus and C-Max Flexifuel throughout Europe. They are vehicles that can work with a combination of bioethanol and no lead gasoline.
Why Flexifuel? Flexifuel gives you the option to choose the fuel that your car uses, because it admits two types of fuel: gasoline and E85 (85% of bioethanol and 15% of no lead gasoline) or a mixture of both, in the same deposit. This is particularly useful when the car has little fuel and you are not close to a gas station that offers bioethanol.
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Flexifuel Ford vehicles: Without prejudice to the yield,
our Ford Focus and C-Max uses a flexifuel engine of 1.8 liters of the latest generation with 125cv of power and the Ford Mondeo and Ford S-Max use a 2.0-liter flexifuel with 145cv. These engines automatically detect the fuel and make the necessary adjustments. The only thing you will notice is a feeling of power and softness.
The driving, maneuverability and power that our vehicles have given fame are the same: from torque to acceleration, on the road and in city. When combining one of our vehicles with a flexifuel engine, you are combining the passion behind the wheel with a modern and ecological technology of the future.
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