Energy · 1975

Ethanol fuel program

Brazil's Proalcool runs a national car fleet on sugarcane ethanol.

Brazil launched Proalcool in 1975 after the oil shock, and flex-fuel cars from 2003 let drivers switch freely. Sugarcane ethanol now supplies roughly half of Brazil's light-vehicle fuel, the largest biomass transport fuel system anywhere.

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