Monday, June 21, 2021
Flex-fuel engines to be made mandatory in India
The central government is planning to make it mandatory for car manufacturers in India to produce vehicles with flex-fuel engines.
Main points of Flex-fuel Engine
The decision was taken after extending the cut-off date for blending 20% ethanol in petrol from 2030 to 2025.
The government will soon take a decision on asking the auto industry to provide customers with an option to choose more cost-effective fuels to power their cars and two-wheelers.
Flex-fuel engines are already in vogue in countries such as Brazil, Canada and the US. In these countries, many vehicle owners use ethanol as a fuel for their cars.
What is a flex-fuel vehicle?
A flex-fuel vehicle or dual-fuel vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel. They typically run on gasoline mixed with ethanol or methanol fuel. Both the fuels are stored in the same common tank. Modern flex-fuel engines can burn any proportion of the mixture in the combustion chamber because fuel injection and spark timing are automatically adjusted according to the actual mixture.