BioEthanol for Sus
BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport (BEST) was a four-year project financially supported by the European Union for promoting the introduction and market penetration of bioethanol as a vehicle fuel, and the introduction and wider use of flexible-fuel vehicles and ethanol-powered vehicles on the world market. The project began in January 2006 and continued until the end of 2009, and had nine participating regions or cities in Europe, Brazil, and China
A major activity in BEST was the promotion of E85 flexifuel vehicles (FFVs). During the project nine BEST sites introduced over 77,000 FFVs,
far exceeding the original project's target of 10,000 vehicles. In
2008, out of the 170,000 flexifuel vehicles in operation in Europe, 45 %
of the vehicles operated at BEST sites; and out of 2,200 E85 pumps
installed in the EU, 80% are found in the BEST countries. Sweden stands
out with 70% of all flexifuel vehicles operating in the EU. BEST sites
also evaluated both dedicated E85 pumps and flexifuel pumps and found
very few problems
Flexible-fuel vehicles
