GM sponsors 85 cent per gallon E85 in Los Angeles

In California, GM is sponsoring an 85 cent per gallon promotion at the first LA-area E85 station, which is operating in fashionable Brentwood. GM said there were 46,000 flex-fuel cars in the LA metro area.

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