| VeraSun Energy Corporation announced in June 28 | | | | emissions. |
| the opening of the first E85 retail fueling location in | | | | On this initiative, Enterprise Rent-A-Car joined VeraSun |
| Washington, D.C. The inauguration was the result of an | | | | and GM by announcing that it is designating its premier |
| ongoing joint effort of VeraSun and General Motors, | | | | rental location in Washington, D.C., as an official "E85 |
| maker of quality GMC exhaust system, to expand the | | | | FlexFuel branch". Owning the world's largest fleet of |
| availability and consumer awareness of E85. | | | | FlexFuel Vehicles, with over 41,000 cars and trucks, |
| A blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline | | | | Enterprise committed to fuel 50 GM FlexFuel vehicles |
| that is now available at the Georgetown Chevron, | | | | from its location at 1029 Vermont Ave. N.W., at the |
| VeraSun's branded VE85(TM) is situated at 2450 | | | | Georgetown Chevron. Moreover, the vehicles will be |
| Wisconsin Ave. N.W., and in Arlington, Va., at the Navy | | | | stocked with materials about VE85(TM) and directions |
| Exchange station near the Pentagon. The addition of | | | | to the fueling location. |
| two retail fueling locations augments the number of | | | | Matthew G. Darrah, Enterprise Rent-A-Car senior vice |
| stations selling VE85(TM) to more than 90 in nine | | | | president of North American operations, said they are |
| states and the District of Columbia. | | | | privileged to work with VeraSun Energy to make it |
| Don Endres, VeraSun's Chairman and CEO, said their | | | | easier for their customers to make sustainable |
| partnership shows the efforts being made to improve | | | | choices. |
| the availability of E85 in the nation. He explains E85 has | | | | Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee Sen. Jeff |
| been available throughout the Midwest for years, and | | | | Bingaman said a title that promotes the production, |
| several Americans have used it almost exclusively to | | | | distribution and use of clean, renewable, |
| fuel their vehicles. He extends his gratitude to have | | | | made-in-America transportation fuels like E85 is an |
| worked jointly with their partners to bring VE85(TM) to | | | | important part of the energy bill the Senate just |
| the D.C. metro zone so that drivers in Washington, D.C. | | | | passed. |
| may experience the clean, high-octane product which | | | | The Georgetown Chevron location, owned by |
| strengthens the country's energy independence and | | | | Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Properties, marks a vital |
| helps the environment by minimizing both greenhouse | | | | accomplishment for the fuel retailer in offering E85 at |
| gas and tailpipe emissions. | | | | the first of its 23 company- operated locations in the |
| Since the companies began working together to | | | | Washington, D.C. metro zone. |
| expand availability and increase the awareness of | | | | Carlos Horcasitas, Chairman and CEO of Mid-Atlantic, |
| VE85(TM), the announcement marks the fifth | | | | said Mid-Atlantic is proud to be the first retail chain in |
| collaboration VeraSun and GM have entered with a | | | | Washington D.C. to offer its customers E85 and, in |
| third-party retailer. The first initiative was launched in | | | | particular, VeraSun's branded E85, VE85(TM). |
| May 2005 with pilot stations in Sioux Falls, S.D. It has | | | | Also backed up during the June 28 announcement |
| widened to include locations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. | | | | were the representatives from the District, the U.S. |
| Paul, and Pittsburgh. | | | | Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of |
| Elizabeth Lowery, GM vice president of environment, | | | | Agriculture. |
| energy and safety policy, said they believe renewable | | | | VeraSun Energy Corporation is headquartered in |
| fuels like E85 give US the greatest near-term potential | | | | Brookings, South Dakota, and a leading producer of |
| to actually minimize gasoline consumption and vehicle | | | | renewable fuel. |