most cars on the road today in the u.s. can run on blends of up to 10% ethanol, and motor vehicle manufacturers already produce vehicles designed to run on much higher ethanol blends. ford, daimlerchrysler, and general motors corporation are among the automobile companies that sell "flexible-fuel" cars, trucks, and minivans that can use gasoline and ethanol blends ranging from pure gasoline up to 85% ethanol (e85). by mid-2006, there were approximately six million e85-compatible vehicles on u.s. roads.