Propel Fuels, Enterprise Rent-a-Car sign partnership to drive E85 use in California

In California, new Propel Biofuels CEO Matt Horton confirmed that the company intends to build as many as 500 renewable fuel stations throughout the state of California. The company recently relocated to California from Seattle and opened five biofuels stations in the Sacramento area.

Addressing the proposed California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which may derail use of corn ethanol in the state of California (and which is served by Propel), Horton said “We don’t intend to make policy, but my personal opinion is that I find it very difficult to understand how gasoline from Canadian tar sands would be considered more effective against climate change than ethanol.”

Horton said that the company’s planned expansion would include primarily kiosk-style self-serve pumps that will include both stations along major corridors of travel as well as across all the major population clusters.

Propel Fuels intends to do so by striking up a partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to fuel Enterprise’s  rental cars in the Sacramento area with renewable E85 Flex Fuel.  Enterprise has 73,000 flex-fuel vehicles nationally. Twelve Sacramento Enterprise locations have been selected to participate in the pilot program served by Propel’s five Clean Fuel Points in the Sacramento area that serve E85 as well as biodiesel. Clean Fuel Points accept major credit and fleet cards and are open 24/7 offering convenience to Enterprise customers.

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