shaker1
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The thing is it would basically be no cost for Ford to support E85 and make their vehicles FFV. Basically if I'm not mistaken all it is on modern vehicles to run E85 is a computer tune. And they already have had it on some of there vehicles so why not make them all FFV.
Actually, I suspect it would require sensors to detect accurately the fuel type, additional programming and possibly computer resources (memory) and fuel system upgrades (as ethanol is corrosive to current fuel system materials).
Not insurmountable, but even if it costs $100 per vehicle times 1,000,000 vehicles produced yearly it would add up considerably for a company having trouble making ends meet. There would have to be the belief that most consumer's would embrace the higher cost for this technology. At this point public acceptance is mixed at best.