NRMA urges drivers to embrace E10 fuel to extend the nation’s reserves

March 24, 2026 — 6:40pm

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The nation’s leading motoring organisation has called on drivers to overcome their scepticism of petrol blended with ethanol and turn to E10 petrol at the bowser to save money and extend national fuel reserves as the energy crisis bites deeper.

“Every litre of E10 sold, basically 10 per cent ethanol, which is produced domestically, is taking pressure off the supply chain,” said NRMA chief spokesman Peter Khoury. “We should be encouraging people to reach for the E10 pump.”

Khoury said take up of ethanol fuels in Australia had been low for years, in part due to fears petrol blended with ethanol was either........

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