PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin ordered that at least 15 percent of all state vehicles purchased this year run on a mix of ethanol and conventional fuel, the government said on Monday.
The share will be raised to 30 percent of all new vehicles in 2008, it said in a statement, adding that the rule had been published on Sunday in the official journal.
The new vehicles should run on E85, a fuel made up with 85 percent ethanol, a ...
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