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Orange City, Iowa -
Sinclair Hi-Way Service will be offering
E85 for 85 cents
a
gallon to
flexible fuel vehicle drivers during their E85 grand
opening event on
October 29 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The event will be
held at 206 8th Street SE in
Orange City.
In
addition to the E85 discount, the
station
will be serving homemade cookies and coffee.
Each flexible fuel vehicle
(FFV) driver will receive a
free laser car wash coupon when they fill up with renewable
product.
“We
are happy to offer E85 to our customers! Sinclair Hi-Way
Service is committed to help expand the renewable fuel
market right here in NW Iowa,” said Scott Mulder, owner of
Mulder Oil Company and the station.
E85 is
a high-powered, clean-burning fuel that can be used FFVs.
According to Iowa DOT reports, there are nearly 50,000
FFVs on the roads in Iowa today such as the Chevrolet
Suburban, Ford Taurus, and Chrysler minivan. Check your
owner’s manual ,
inside your fuel door or visit
www.E85Fuel.com to
see if you can use this clean-burning, high-performing
renewable fuel.
“With
Iowa slated to be the number one ethanol producer in the
nation in 2005 and 82 percent of our ethanol currently
being shipped out to the coasts, the time is right for
Iowa to work on establishing new markets for ethanol here
at home,” said Christi Vander Voort, Iowa E85 Coordinator
for the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
Vander Voort will be available during the
event to answer any questions about E85 and FFVs.
Sinclair Hi-Way Service is Iowa’s fourteenth E85 facility
and is
open daily
to the public, state and federal vehicles.
For
more
information about E85, FFVs, and E85 retailers in Iowa and
throughout the U.S.,
visit
the
NEVC website at
www.E85Fuel.com.
This
project is sponsored by the Iowa E85 Team, which includes:
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
Iowa
Renewable Fuels Association
Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative
NIPCO
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