VTT says that it conducted the study because many Finnish people frequently claimed that fuel consumption is significantly higher with E10 than with E5 thanks to ethanol's lower octane rating.

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For BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread, Greg Foot drives the investigation into unleaded petrol. He looks at what's changed since we moved our standard from E5 to E10, what additives make premium special ...

Current petrol grades in the UK - known as E5 - contain up to 5% bioethanol. E10 would see this percentage increased up to 10% - a proportion that would bring the UK in line with countries such as ...

The Government should offer incentives to companies to produce and distribute this bio-fuel, experts have said. E5 is a mixture of 95 per cent petrol and 5 per cent bio-ethanol, produced mostly from ...

E10 fuel was rolled out back in 2021, with the old standard grade of fuel - E5 - now being reclassed as super unleaded. E10 fuel contains up to 10 per cent bioethanol and could cut CO2 emissions ...

BP drivers have been warned over filling up with E10 or E5 fuel in one part of the country. Motorists who filled up their tanks at the BP garage on London Road in Rayleigh, Essex, have reported that ...

Drivers have been "pushed" to convert classic cars to electric amid fears of damage from E10 fuel. Drivers are converting the old, internal combustion engines inside their classic car to an ...

BP drivers have been warned over filling up with E10 or E5 fuel in one part of the country. Motorists who filled up their tanks at the BP garage on London Road in Rayleigh, Essex, have reported ...

Fortunately, the German government will allow the use of E5 in any vehicle until that fuel is phased out in 2013. Beginning on the first of the year, Super E10 will become available at the more ...