Green Technology

... "General Motors announced that it has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's new SmartWay Grow & Go partnership as part of GM's ongoing commitment to promote the benefits of E85 ethanol and other renewable fuels. With over two million E85 capable vehicles on the road today, GM has also made a major commitment to promoting the use and availability of E85 ethanol, with plans to double production of flexible fuel vehicles by 2010 as part of its involvement in the Energy Future Coalition's 25x25 initiative to get 25 percent of the nation's transportation energy needs met by renewable fuels by 2025. GM has already announced several partnerships with government, fuel providers and fuel retailers across the nation to help grow the E85 ethanol fueling station infrastructure. Since May of 2005, GM has announced partnerships in eleven states to locate up to 175 new E85 ethanol fueling locations by the end of 2006. There are currently more than 1,000 E85 ethanol fueling sites nationwide. " ...