R&D – Honda launches a CG 150 Flex-fuel in Brazil – Used HONDA

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Honda launches CG 150 Flex-fuel in Brazil

R & amp; D - Honda launches CG 150 Flex-fuel in Brazil - Used HONDA

Honda Amazonia announces the start of production of the CG150 Titan Mix which uses Flex-Fuel, a technology widely acclaimed in Brazil. An initiative as green as it is intelligent for Honda, which holds the leadership of motorcycle sales in this country.

Ethanol: France is catching up
slowly its delay

Ethanol is an alcohol made from the fermentation of sugar or the conversion of starch, from beets and grains in Europe or from sugar cane in South America. Incorporated into gasoline, the mixture called Superethanol or E85 (up to 85% ethanol and 15% unleaded 95) reduces pollution from internal combustion engines. The process is economical since even if consumption increases – ethanol contains less energy per liter than gasoline – the price is lower and reductions on the gray card of new vehicles equipped with a Flex-Fuel kit. are granted in France. In addition to the fact that in some countries, crops devoted to ethanol encroach on the food crops of populations often in need (unlike in Europe where they have allowed farmers to re-cultivate fields left fallow since the second part of the CAP because of the overproduction of cereals), in France, stations with adequate pumps are still rare … The government will therefore authorize on April 1 the marketing of SP95-E10, a mixture of lead-free and 10% ethanol, in order to meet the objectives of 10% incorporation by 2010 (15% in 2015). Without going through the installation of a specific kit as with the E85, the SP95-E10 would be tolerated by almost all gasoline cars put into circulation from 2000. But in two-wheelers, some manufacturers fear that their The most advanced mechanics do not tolerate the presence of ethanol, known to damage hoses and fuel pumps faster…

Concerned about the programmed disappearance of fossil fuels on the planet, South America has significantly adopted the Flex-fuel technology.

Mounted directly on new vehicles or added later as a kit, this device allows a gasoline engine to run either on traditional unleaded or with a more or less rich mixture of ethanol and gasoline (read box opposite).

Attractive and efficient, the system has above all become essential in Brazil due to the massive cultivation of sugar cane (source of ethanol): according to Honda, nearly 90% of new cars are equipped with it..

Moto Honda Da Amazonie (HDA) is firmly established on the market for new motorcycles in Brazil, mostly small-displacement: in 2008, out of 1.91 million units sold, some 1.326 million bore the winged logo! HDA has therefore grasped the importance of the ecological movement and announces the marketing of the CG150 Titan Mix, a small displacement that can run on E85, a fuel containing 65 to 85% ethanol..

According to Honda, this basic little roadster would be the first production motorcycle in the world to be equipped with a flexible-fuel technology. A kind of "test balloon" therefore, for the winged brand…

Developed entirely by Honda, this process will allow the CG150 Titan Mix to emit less CO2 and greenhouse gases (replacing one tonne of gasoline for one tonne of Superethanol would reduce emissions from these substances by 50 to 75%. gases responsible for the degradation of the ozone layer), while reducing the fuel bill of its owners.

Strategically, launching this eco-friendly two-wheeler only in Brazil is not by chance: besides a concrete demand from users, Brazil benefits above all from a widely developed network of service stations distributing E85. So many assets which should allow Honda to reach its objective of selling 200,000 CG150 Titan Mix per year at a price of 6,340 real (a little over 2,000 €). Before trying the experience in Europe ?

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