Maxol/Ford Bio-Ethanol Initiative Launched

27 September 2005
"Maxol, Ireland’s leading independent oil company owned by the McMullan family, and Ford Ireland, announced the launch of Ireland’s first bio-ethanol car, the Ford Focus FFV, and the opening by Maxol of the country’s first bio-ethanol fuelling pump at its Beach Road service station in Sandymount, Dublin 4.

This partnership has been in development for a number of months and will be initially undertaken in a controlled pilot programme basis among fleet customers in the Dublin area. Outside of Sweden, Ireland is the first European country to have an E85 fuel pump in place and available to the motorist. Based on the success of this it is planned that the fuel will become more widely available in the coming months.

The Ford Focus FFV (Flexi Fuel Vehicle) is Ireland’s best selling car and the FFV version is capable of running on any mixture of petrol or E85 bio-ethanol, from a single tank, with no reduction in performance. Importantly, this allows the car to run even in areas where bio-ethanol outlets have not been established. As part of this cooperation, the Ford Focus FFV, which will be available in Right Hand Drive this November, will be tested by potential fleet customers with a view to creating a ‘critical mass’ of cars which would in turn justify a national fuel distribution network."

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Maxol is fast becoming Ireland's leading Bio-Ethanol provider with 9 stations around the country supplying this cleaner fuel source. The following link will take you directly to Maxol's website which contains all the information you need to locate the nearest garage to you that supplies E85 bio-ethanol ------> Maxol Bio-Ethanol Stations

Maxol also provide a questions and answers page for Bio-Ethanol fuel. Follow this link to get there ------> Maxol Q&A