Royal Wedding Car Runs on 85 Percent Ethanol
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Posted by Cindy Zimmerman – April 29th, 2011
The Dukemobile is an FFV!
Never thought there would be a biofuels angle to the Royal Wedding, but as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left Buckingham Palace for the royal residence Clarence House, they drove off in a “convertible Aston Martin Volante DB6 MKII in Seychelles blue is owned by his father HRH The Prince of Wales” that runs on 85 percent ethanol.
“In June 2008, at the specific request of The Prince of Wales, who is keen that his cars should be run on sustainable fuel, the Aston Martin was converted to run on E85 bioethanol, made from English wine wastage,” reads the update on the Royal Wedding website.
They even have a Royal Wedding YouTube video of the couple leaving in the car:
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