Propel Fuels opens five new E85/biodiesel stations in California; relocates to Sacramento; California to be hub for network of alternative energy stations

In California, Propel Fuels moved its headquarters from Seattle to Sacramento and opened five new stations in the Sacramento area that will retail E85 and biodiesel. The company said that it will retail hydrogen and battery swaps for electric cars as soon as those technologies become more widely available. The company said that it intends to launch “hundreds of stations” around California by 2014.

“Right now, more than 70,000 drivers in the Sacramento-area have the ability to put low carbon, American made fuels in their tanks – but there are few locations that offer them,” said Rob Elam, CEO of Propel. “Our network of stations will change that by making it convenient to use domestically produced, environmentally friendly fuels.  For the first time, Sacramento-area individuals and businesses have true choice at the pump, giving them the ability to reduce their carbon footprint as well as our reliance on imported fossil fuels.”

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