There are currently only very few bioethanol kits adapted to the European market, or produced in Europe. Most of these kits currently come from Brazil and their main commercial argument is that in Brazil, 70% of the cars run on bioethanol (Flex-Fuel Vehicles FFV). Despite the fact that this statement is true, it has to be considered that on the Brazilian market, most car manufacturers are equipped from factory as FFV, and not equipped afterwards as it is in Europe. This is a requirement on the Brazilian market. Otherwise these cars would not be sellable. The remaining 30% is mainly made of diesel vehicles and trucks.
The post installation of bioethanol kits is therefore relatively small in Brazil, most cars being FFV from factory.
The consequence is that there has not been done much investment in the development of post installation bioethanol kits, and the technologies in this domain evolved very little so that many bioethanol kits on the market are technically obsolete and do not respond to our European quality standards. This starts with the connectors and the electronic module that are not waterproof. It has to be considered that this is not something mandatory in a country where cars do not encounter much rain and where winters are relatively mild.
The European Union and its member states decided for environmental reasons to promote renewable energies and took Brazil as the example in order to develop and adapt Brazilian technologies and techniques to our European territory. The Fuelcat products are produced in Europe (Germany), which saves a lot on the transportation costs. It also allows big savings on taxes and custom costs.
this gives us the possibility to offer bioethanol kits of the highest quality at very attractive prices.
Our objective is not to produce just another “made in Germany” version of the bioethanol kits available on the market. Despite the fact we are able to produce at very low prices because of the reasons given above, our objective is to produce kits with standards of quality much above the other kits on the market, while keeping lower prices.