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Old 09-21-2011, 07:06 PM   #15 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by roosterk0031 View Post
Actually the EPA E85 ratings are roughly 1/3 lower than E0 ratings. 1/3 or 22 is 7, so 22-7 is 15, 1/3 off 33 is 11 so 33-11 is 22(1 off). I don't think they test E85, they use the 32.8% or so energy difference and round it off.
Meaning of course that they have no incentive to tune the engine for efficiency on E85. After all, if they maximize E0 efficiency, it improves the artificially contrived E85 number, even if the car actually runs like crap on E85.
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