乙醇占到了巴西国内轻型车燃料需求的50%以上，巴西能源巨头、拉美最大的企业之一巴西国家石油公司预测这一比例到2020年会增长到80%以上。
Ethanol accounts for more than 50% of current light-vehicle fuel demand in the country, and Petrobras – Brazil’s energy giant and one of the largest companies in Latin America – expects this share to increase to more than 80% by 2020.