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Ethanol May Be the Salvation of the Automotive Industry While Electric Cars Have Yet to Arrive in Brazil
Brazil is the only manufacturer of cars that run on ethanol, and automakers, along with fuel producers, are betting on increasing its use and even that the product will play an important role in the electric cars of the future and in the automotive industry.
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Brazil at the Forefront of Clean and Renewable Fuels
When it comes to clean and renewable fuels, Brazil has a significant advantage, being the world’s largest producer of ethanol from sugarcane – with 27.9 billion liters produced in the 2017/2018 harvest. This is an available, renewable, sustainable, and clean energy matrix.
“Even hybrid vehicles powered by fuel cells can use ethanol instead of hydrogen to generate electricity,” explains Tatiana Bruce, a doctoral student at MIT Portugal and Associate Researcher at FGV Energia.
Brazil also has 30 million flex-fuel vehicles in circulation, running on either ethanol or gasoline, which corresponds to 70% of the total fleet of 43 million cars and light commercial vehicles, according to data from the National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea).
Since 2003, the year the flex technology was introduced in Brazil, the use of ethanol has resulted in a reduction of 500 million tons of CO2 that have not been released into the atmosphere, up to September of this year, revealing a significant contribution to air quality and reducing global warming, according to data released by UNICA – the Sugarcane Industry Union.
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