GM will offer fifteen E85 capable vehicles next year and even more by 2012, so it's no surprise that the automaker wants ethanol to be more widely available (and hopefully at a price we can live with). One way GM plans to do that is by partnering with ethanol technology companies. In January it announced a relationship with Coskata, a company with the technology to produce ethanol from renewable items like old tires and other waste. Today GM announced a partnership with Mascoma Corporation, which has a one-step process to turn waste into ethanol.

At least one GM dealership is getting ready for the push to flex-fuel vehicles. Classic Chevrolet/Hummer, located in Dallas, just spent half a million dollars to install nine E85, E10 and biodiesel pumps next to its HUMMER dealership.

_{Photo of 2009 E85 Capable HUMMER H2 SUT by Mike Stone for General Motors}