For Immediate Release

October 8, 2004
Contact: Michelle Kautz

Phone:  (573) 635-8445
Email:  mkautz@e85fuel.com

Promotion Offers E85 for 85 Cents Per Gallon
in Brookings, SD

Brookings, SD - BP of Brookings (shown left) and NEVC member VeraSun Energy Corporation have teamed up to bring E85 to Brookings, South Dakota.   The remodeled station, located just off exit 132 of Interstate 29 at 2420 6th Street, will be offering E85 for 85 cents per gallon on Saturday, October 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 

"What a great opportunity for our customers.  Our E85 uses a blend of 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol produced at the local VeraSun ethanol plant.  For the first time, the local community can run their vehicles on fuel which is almost entirely produced from local corn.  That is a very empowering feeling,” said store owner Lance Park.  

 

According to Park, E85 sales are already exceeding his expectations. “Our customers have been very pleased with E85 price and performance.  Given an option, they would prefer to use a domestically produced fuel.  Now they have that option and they are reacting.”

"There are 4 million flex-fuel vehicles on the road today which are capable of using both gasoline and E85.  Chevy trucks, Chrysler vans, Ford Taurus, and many other models are able to use E85.  “People don't even know they're driving one," said VeraSun Marketing Director Rick Eggebrecht. "In fact, one out of every four cars coming out of Detroit this year will be flex-fuel."

After the initial 85-cent promotion, BP of Brookings plans to sell the clean, renewable product for fifteen to twenty cents below regular gasoline.   The brand new fueling facility includes the following amenities: open 24 hours a day, has E85 available at three pumps, has the pay-at-the-pump option, offers an ATM machine, sells Krispy Kreme donunuts, and offers a Superior Coffee Bar.  The station officially opened for business on Labor Day.  

 

Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the NEVC added, “The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition would like to congratulate VeraSun and BP of Brookings for the foresight and entrepreneurial advancements being implemented through the opening of this new E85 site and other sites across the area.  VeraSun is a new, but already recognized leader, in the production and marketing of ethanol and the NEVC is proud to count VeraSun as one of our primary advocates and as a member of our Board of Directors.”

 

To see if your vehicle is E85 compatible, visit www.E85Fuel.com.

 

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For Immediate Release

October 8, 2004
Contact: Michelle Kautz

Phone:  (573) 635-8445
Email:  mkautz@e85fuel.com

Promotion Offers E85 for 85 Cents Per Gallon
in Brookings, SD

Brookings, SD - BP of Brookings (shown left) and NEVC member VeraSun Energy Corporation have teamed up to bring E85 to Brookings, South Dakota.   The remodeled station, located just off exit 132 of Interstate 29 at 2420 6th Street, will be offering E85 for 85 cents per gallon on Saturday, October 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 

"What a great opportunity for our customers.  Our E85 uses a blend of 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol produced at the local VeraSun ethanol plant.  For the first time, the local community can run their vehicles on fuel which is almost entirely produced from local corn.  That is a very empowering feeling,” said store owner Lance Park.  

 

According to Park, E85 sales are already exceeding his expectations. “Our customers have been very pleased with E85 price and performance.  Given an option, they would prefer to use a domestically produced fuel.  Now they have that option and they are reacting.”

"There are 4 million flex-fuel vehicles on the road today which are capable of using both gasoline and E85.  Chevy trucks, Chrysler vans, Ford Taurus, and many other models are able to use E85.  “People don't even know they're driving one," said VeraSun Marketing Director Rick Eggebrecht. "In fact, one out of every four cars coming out of Detroit this year will be flex-fuel."

After the initial 85-cent promotion, BP of Brookings plans to sell the clean, renewable product for fifteen to twenty cents below regular gasoline.   The brand new fueling facility includes the following amenities: open 24 hours a day, has E85 available at three pumps, has the pay-at-the-pump option, offers an ATM machine, sells Krispy Kreme donunuts, and offers a Superior Coffee Bar.  The station officially opened for business on Labor Day.  

 

Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the NEVC added, “The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition would like to congratulate VerSun and BP of Brookings for the foresight and entrepreneurial advancements being implemented through the opening of this new E85 site and other sites across the area.  VerSun is a new, but already recognized leader, in the production and marketing of ethanol and the NEVC is proud to count VerSun as one of our primary advocates and as a member of our Board of Directors.”

 

To see if your vehicle is E85 compatible, visit www.E85Fuel.com.

 

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