Ethanol as much as Half the Cost of Gasoline in Brazil

Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Sweet taste of success for sugar-fuelled cars:
by Andrew Downie -- Sept 25, 2005
"Rio De Janeiro -- The success is down to many factors, the principal one of which is price, experts said. Although the Flex engines use 25% more ethanol per mile than petrol, ethanol usually sells at between a third and half the price of petrol.
The ethanol is made from cane sugar and even motorists who were previously reluctant to take the plunge and buy a Flex say they have been won over by the savings. "