Among fuels, only the sales of bioethanol or superethanol increased in 2020, at + 4%.

More ecological and less expensive, it convinces more and more motorists but also service stations which are equipped with E85.

Focus on the reasons for this success.

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Only one fuel improved last year: it is superethanol, E85.

With + 4% in 2020 - but still far behind diesel or gasoline - it still manages to convince more and more motorists.

Its market share has doubled in one year and 15,000 new conversion units were installed in 2020. The argument is as ecological as it is economic, since the liter costs half the price of gasoline.

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More economical, more ecological

Thus, at 66 cents per liter, Laurent did not need to take out his calculator for very long to ensure that the installation of a conversion box, for 1,200 euros, would be very quickly advantageous.

"I fill up around two times a month with Unleaded 95, it costs me around 170 euros. And there, I fill up with ethanol twice and it costs me 85 euros per month", he notes at the microphone. 'Europe 1.

If the ecological argument is not negligible - with in particular 90% less fine particles -, the savings achieved remain decisive.

"We find this feeling of ten years ago, where we watch the scroll when we fill up and the liters go faster than the euros. Even with the overconsumption of the order of 20 to 25%, we earn about 40 % on the total bill ", assures Sébastien Le Pollès, president of FlexFuel, a company specializing in the installation of boxes. 

Flexibility and new market

And if the stations don't sell E85, no problem: "I can quite easily put unleaded 95 for a few hundred kilometers until I find a station that sells ethanol. And it's quite easy to do so. find, "adds Laurent.

The stations that distribute superethanol have also increased by 32% in one year.

Finally, the conversion units are compatible with almost all gasoline cars.

And if few new vehicles are fitted as standard, this is also changing: Ford has just announced a range of six new models.