Green Options » conversion kits http://greenoptions.com/tag/conversion-kits Posts tagged 'conversion kits' Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Flex-Fuel Kits Convert Toyota Prius to E85 Ethanol (For Less Than $1000) http://gas2.org/2008/08/12/flex-fuel-kits-convert-toyota-prius-to-e85-ethanol-for-less-than-1000/ http://gas2.org/2008/08/12/flex-fuel-kits-convert-toyota-prius-to-e85-ethanol-for-less-than-1000/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:36:47 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/08/12/flex-fuel-kits-convert-toyota-prius-to-e85-ethanol-for-less-than-1000/ Prius Logo

Dutch firm Green Fuel Systems, along with several other companies, has developed flex-fuel conversion kits for the Toyota Prius that cost less than $1,000. Converting our existing fleet to second-generation ethanol could be the best near-term play to directly replace fossil fuels.

Although the concept of a hybrid/biofuel combo has been around for a while, it has (at least in our minds) mostly been in the form of diesel hybrids running on biodiesel (which isn’t going to happen). But what if we could take America’s most fuel efficient car and convert it to run on another domestically-produced renewable fuel: cellulosic ethanol?

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