Will soon issue order mandating carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles: Gadkari
The Hindu
Flex fuel, or flexible fuel, is an alternative fuel made of a combination of gasoline and methanol or ethanol.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he would issue an order in the next three to four months, which will make it mandatory for the carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles.
He said he wishes to see the country get rid of petrol and diesel consumption in his lifetime by switching to locally-produced ethanol.
The Minister for Road Transport and Highways was speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a flyover in Pune, where Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was also present.
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