Road, Transport and Highways Minister (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari said that the move will drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and in turn help the country meet COP26 commitments.
see photosThe government is planning to make flex-engines mandatory.
Government’s thrust for alternative fuels and flex fuel technology which is well known to us and moving forward is likely to be the earliest step in this direction. To replace India’s petroleum imports, the government has advised automakers to start developing and manufacturing flex-fuel powered vehicles, hybrid and electric vehicles that comply with BS6 emission norms within six months from now . Road, Transport and Highways Minister (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari said that the move will drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and in turn help the country meet COP26 commitments.
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Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has been advocating the benefits of flex-fuel.
For almost half a decade, Gadkari has been advocating for the benefits of alternative fuels for the environment and how cost-effective they are. The minister was requesting automakers in India to switch to or include natural gas alternatives like methanol and ethanol which are comparatively less polluting. As we already know, Gadkari is planning to make flex engines that can essentially run on more than one fuel in India.
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Now the auto industry is not the only sector which is emphasizing on the use of alternative fuels. Methanol is also an alternative to LPG and earlier NITI Aayog has talked about promoting the use of methanol. NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat had earlier floated the idea of investing around Rs 5,000 crore for the development of methanol as a fuel. In fact, the Bureau of Indian Standards certified methanol as a fuel in 2017.
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