Pearson Fuels and G&M Oil plan to open more E85 fuel stations across California

Pearson Fuels and G&M Oil Company plan to open 13 E85 fuel stations in southern California, US within the next year.

The company made the announcement at the ribbon cutting of their latest ethanol flex fuel location in Calimesa, California, which was opened on 15 April.

There are approximately 1 million vehicles on the road in California that are capable of using blends of ethanol as high as 85%.

Pearson Fuels general manager Mike Lewis says: 'We have been opening these E85 sites one and two at a time for years but it is a whole new level to declare our plans to open 13 sites in 13 months. The alternative fuel industry is no stranger to outlandish claims of what people are going to do which so often do not come to pass. That is why we thought long and hard about making this announcement because we take great pride in being a group that does what we say we are going to do.'

Partial funding for these projects was made available through the California Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. That funding, matched with G&M's and Pearson's, is allowing these sites to be built.