The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition reports that there are now over 1,000 publicly and privately accessed E85 fueling locations in the United States.
Below is an approximation of how many E85 outlets were in operation over the past several years:
January 2003: 100
January 2004: 150
January 2005: 285
January 2006: 600
In October of 2005, the station count was 438; the number has more than doubled in 12 months. There are currently over 300 E85 outlets in Minnesota alone.
Currently there are 946 publicly accessed and 56 private fleet accessed locations across the country, covering thirty-nine states. Arkansas and Massachusetts just recently added their first E85 facility to each of their states.
“We are so pleased to achieve this milestone!” exclaimed Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the NEVC. “From a very humble beginning of a few stations in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, achieving this level of stations is significant. While 1,000 stations is only a drop in the so called ‘fueling station bucket’ (approximately 170,000 sites offer gasoline in the U.S.), recent progress has been incredible.”
The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition has a complete list of E85 refueling locations:
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