 Ford began development of a flexible-fuel vehicle in 1982, and between 1985 and 1992, 705 experimental FFVs were built and delivered to California and Canada, including the 1.6L Ford Escort, the 3.0L Taurus, and the 5.0L LTD Crown Victoria.These vehicles could operate on either gasoline or methanol with only one fuel system.Legislation was passed to encourage the US auto industry to begin production, which started in 1993 for the M85 FFVs at Ford.