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Flex Fuel Fleet on Way for State Patrol

State Troopers are now patrolling Iowa's highways in flex-fuel vehicles.
In a press conference Tuesday, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver announced that the Iowa State Patrol has received its first order of 10 E-85-compatible patrol cars.
The vehicles are built specifically to be able to burn an 85 percent ethanol fuel blend.
Culver said the state patrol has 119 flex-fuel patrol [...]