GM Perspective on Ethanol Coleman Jones Biofuels implementation Manager Harvesting AgriEnergy Confer

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GM Perspective on EthanolColeman
Jones Biofuels implementation ManagerHarvesting
Agri-Energy Conference March 15, 2006
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GM Perspective on Ethanol

• Opportunity
• Renewable.
• Reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil Grown in
  America appeal.
• Potential to displace significant amounts of
  petroleum.
• Greenhouse gas benefit depending on production
  methods and raw materials employed.
• Competitive opportunity.
• Infrastructure issues much simpler and less
  costly than gaseous alternative fuels (CNC, LPG,
  Hydrogen).
• Challenge
• Low concentration ethanol blends (E10, E6)
  present emission challenges.
• High concentration blend (E85) consumer
  availability is limited, infrastructure needed.
• Reduced volumetric fuel economy (miles per
  gallon) immediately observed by customer in
  typical E85 Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs).

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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production has Experienced
Large Increases, and the Trend Will Continue
Energy Bill Requirement
Actual Production
Source Renewable Fuels Association
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Ethanol has Traction!

• Large number of E85 flex-fuel vehicles in U.S.
  fleet
• AMFA of 1988 provided option to obtain CAFE
  credits since 1993
• U.S. vehicle fleet exceeds 5 million cars and
  trucks today
• The only alternative fuel where chicken egg
  dilemma is being overcome.

30 of U.S. Gasoline is sold as E10
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E85 Availability and AppealSeptember 2005
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GM E85 FFV U.S. Vehicle Production
TBD
TBD
TBD
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2006 Chevrolet E85 Flex Fuel Vehicles
Avalanche
Tahoe
Suburban
Silverado
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2006 GMC E85 Flex Fuel Vehicles
Yukon
Sierra
Yukon XL
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New in 2006 E85 Flex Fuel Passenger Cars
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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New 2007 E85 Flex-Fuel utilities on sale now
Chevrolet Tahoe
GMC Yukon
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North America - Pending E85 Flex-Fuel Vehicle
Applications . . .
Chevrolet Uplander
Full-Size Van
Malibu
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GM Europe E85 Flex-Fuel . . .
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GM do Brasil Flex-Fuel . . .
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Of the 11.8 Billion Bushels of Corn Produced in
U.S. in 2004, About 12 Was Used for Ethanol
Production

• The U.S. produced 3.41 billion gallons of fuel
  ethanol in 2004, equivalent to 2.28 billion
  gallons of gasoline
• In 2003, the U.S. consumed 134 billion gallons of
  gasoline and 39 billion gallons of on-road diesel
  fuels

Source ERS/USDA, 2004, Feed Outlook (in RFA,
2005) EIA
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Practical Estimate of Potential U.S. Ethanol
Portion of U.S. Light-Duty Fuels (Year 2020)
Corn
Crop Residue
Gasoline
Ethanol
gt25
EnergyCrop
MSW
All percentages are on an energy basis
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2006 Biofuels Activities
Research Testing Cellulosic ethanol studies
with University of Toronto Support consortia
study on E85 with direct injection spark engine
(SIDI) B20 system analysis (materials and wear)
with selected suppliers Bio-diesel study with
New Delhi University (India) Education,
Promotion Infrastructure Partner with
suppliers, retailers, and states on E85
availability. Support DOE Clean Cities
effort. Implement yellow caps and badging on GM
E85 FFVs (Mid Year). Use SAE to encourage OEM
standardization of yellow E85 fuel caps
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2006 Ethanol Activities

• Governors Ethanol Coalition
• Implemented 28 vehicle E85
• FFV demonstration fleet.
• RFA included in demonstration
• fleet deployment.
• Supported significant GEC
• vehicle media events in 10
• states.
• Extension and refresh under
• consideration for additional
• year.

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2006 Ethanol Activities

• Marketing and Advertising
• Launched E85 FFV national advertising Super
  Bowl Olympics
• Initiation of livegreengoyellow.com
• Partnership and product announcements at auto
  shows (LA, DC, IL, MN)
• Integrated E85 FFV messaging in new product
  launches

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General Motors Commitment

• Implement Propulsion Technologies that improve
  fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impact
• Work to assure that new propulsion and fuel
  technologies are linked
• Promote the use of alternative fuels that make
  sense economically and environmentally including
  biofuels and hydrogen