Ford Motor company started phasing out its flex fuel engine option with the 2024 model year F Series pickup. But that's not setting well with corn farmers, and one in particular in Missouri.
Bradley Schad is actively trying to persuade Ford to reverse that decision. and get back on board with ethanol. He believes that the company is more focused on changing the F series pickup to an electric fleet.
The Model Year 2023 was the last time you could get the five-liter V-8 with the Flex Fuel option. Recent regulations did away with the incentives that manufacturers had to build flex fuel and E-85 vehicles.
Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer reintroduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 in February. If that would pass, it would enable year-round, nationwide sales of ethanol fuel blends up to 15%... Something that farm state politicians have been pushing for.
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