Vehicles incorporating only the simplest of the engine improvements that methanol makes feasible would still contribute to an immediate lessening of urban air pollution.
A two-hour drive from Fort Bragg, at Camp Lejeune, home of the II Marine Expeditionary Force, officers say they too are operating "with engines at full throttle".
As well as continuing to supply Jaguar with engines and other components, Ford will provide access to its hybrid and low-emission powertrain technology.
People boarded the busses, with engines roaring, one by one, while the family members, who had come to see them off, were put in other China made buses, following behind us.
About 40km (25 miles) to the north, the BMW MINI factory in Oxford makes more than 200, 000 cars a year, assembled with engines and body panels from sister factories in Birmingham and Swindon.
Warm their car up for them: If chilly weather makes your car parked outside too cold, you could go out there and brave the cold to start the car for them (and if it snowed, even clear it off for them!