| Ethanol blended fuels - suitability
Petrol blended with ethanol is now available at petrol stations around New Zealand. This availability will increase as oil companies introduce more biofuels to meet the sales targets mandated by Government.
Petrol blended with ethanol, of up to 10% can legally be sold in New Zealand as long as the fuel pump is labeled to show that ethanol has been added to the petrol.
To assist vehicle owners identify whether their particular vehicle is suitable for ethanol blended fuel the MIA has collated information, by make, detailing suitability to use ethanol blended fuels at 3% (E3), 5% (E5) and 10% (E10) levels.
Information has been collated on all vehicles, with specific model information for New Zealand new vehicles.
Read the Ethanol suitability NZ new models only Amendment 4 (PDF - 190KB)
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