Biofuel in Sweden

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The Swedish government has together with BIL Sweden (the national association for the automobile industry that are the automakers in Sweden) started the work to end oil dependency in Sweden.

This program started in the beginning of the 21st century, with BIL Sweden and Stockholm agreeing to buy cars that had low emissions. Also, Ford started to deliver the Focus with an Ethanol engine.

During 2004 the government passed a law that said all bigger Swedish fuel stations were required to provide an alternative fuel option. From 2009 all small gas stations, that sell more than 1 000 000 L per year, have to provide this as well. The lower cost of building a station for ethanol compared with a station for petroleum makes it very common to see gas stations that sell ethanol. Saab and Volvo also started to produce ethanol cars, and the sale of them increased during 2005.

One fifth of cars in Stockholm can run on alternative fuels, mostly ethanol fuel.^[1]

As of December 2007, carmakers that offer ethanol-powered vehicles in Sweden are SAAB, Volvo, VW, Koenigsegg, Skoda, Seat, Citroen, Peugeot, Renault and Ford.

Stockholm will introduce a fleet of Swedish-made hybrid electric buses in its public transport system on a trial basis in 2008. These buses will use ethanol-powered internal combustion engines and electric motors.^[1]