我国具有比较丰富的煤炭和农产品资源,因此,发展以甲醇为燃料的汽车,同样具有广阔的前景。早在上世纪80年代中期,上海大众就曾推出了以甲醇为混合燃料的桑塔纳轿车。作为甲醇燃料的主要形式,甲醇汽油开发及应用,在国外开始于20世纪70年代的第二次石油 China has rich resources of coal and agricultural products. Therefore, the development of methanol-fueled vehicles also has broad prospects. As early as the mid-80s of last century, Shanghai Volkswagen had introduced Santana sedan with methanol as fuel. As the main form of methanol fuel, the development and application of methanol gasoline began abroad in the second oil of the 1970s