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GM Offers LA Drivers E85 Ethanol for 85 Cents a Gallon The E85 is as close to a Hybrid as french fries are to french food. The sad fact is GM had a chance to keep a electic car going, and keep research going, and instead choose to just scrap the car all together. Why do you think the Prius was created, because Toyota didn't want to be last in line when it came to hybrid vehicles because there was such a demand for this type of car(EV-1). The E85 Flex Fuel does nothing but stall improvements on better alternatives, also Ford had and may still make Flex Fuel cars also and they are no better. To finish this discussion if you read my whole comment you would see that I mentioned that I have a battery powered vehicle that was used with current car batteries and is they best thing I have ever had,2 years and going strong, its to bad people out there assume that just because the auto industry informs us "it can't be done yet with the current technology" that it must be true. As for your issue of having a large family and not being able to afford or not wanting to afford $50 grand for a hybrid Tahoe, looks like you would need 2 battery powered cars and that would be your sacrifice since in your words "we are part of the problem",instead you would be part of the solution

GM Offers LA Drivers E85 Ethanol for 85 Cents a Gallon All that straight from a GM brochure talk is great but the reality is you still get worse gas mileage from E85 and in these times of economic distress only the few(like executive's at GM for example)can afford this great start to the solution of ending pollution. Also you forgot to mention the enviroment when it comes to the manufaturing of E85, and the fact you have to use more of it to drive the same mileage as you normally do. Overall it sounds like more of a marketing ploy han anything. The sad fact is, is that GM's EV-1 program was the better start to a solution than E-85. Its funny that an employee touts the E-85 as a great start in reducing pollution, but leaves out that GM had already done it and backed out for a large list of reasons that only made sense to oil companies and themselves. There are even kits available to make battery powered cars(which I have)and for the people living in major metro area's, and the short distance they drive, battery power makes more sense.