First satellite what fuel did it run off of
1908 The first Ford Motor Company automobile, Henry Ford's Model T, was designed to use corn alcohol, called ethanol. The Model T ran on (ethanol) alcohol, fuel or a combination of the two fuels.1940's First U.S. fuel ethanol plant built. The U.S. Army built and operated an ethanol plant in Omaha, Nebraska, to produce fuel for the army and to provide ethanol for regional fuel blending.thanol, both a liquor and a fuel, has been around in the form of Moonshine Whiskey since 15th Century Scotland. In 1908, Ford Motor Company's first car, The Model T, used ethanol corn alcohol gasoline as fuel energy. Since 2003, ethanol has grown rapidly as the oxygenating factor for gasoline.