Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government would soon make it mandatory for all vehicle manufacturers to make flex engines (that can run on more than one fuel).<\/span><\/p>\n Flex Fuel Vehicles(FFV) is a <\/span>modified version of vehicles that could run\u00a0on a blend of petrol and ethanol.<\/span><\/p>\n In these vehicles, both <\/span>fuels are stored in a common tank. The resulting blend is burnt in the combustion chamber, generating power for the vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n Reduced dependence <\/b>on petrol\/diesel and thus reduced dependence on oil imports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ethanol burns more cleanly <\/b>than conventional petrol, which reduces the car\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/span><\/p>\n Helps in addressing the problems <\/b>of surplus food grains (These can be used in making Ethanol).<\/span><\/p>\n Less costly: <\/b>Alternative fuel ethanol is Rs 60-62 per litre while petrol costs more than Rs 100 per litre in many parts of the country, so by using ethanol, Indians will save Rs 30-35 per litre.<\/span><\/p>\n Customer acceptance <\/b>will be a major challenge since the cost of ownership and running costs are going to be very high compared with 100% petrol vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n Engine damage: <\/b>Ethanol can also, unfortunately, cause corrosion and damage to the engine, mainly because it absorbs dirt easily.<\/span><\/p>\n Flex Fuel Vehicles will cost more<\/b> as they will require several engineering tweaks to new engines, with corrosion-resistant rubber hoses and pipes.<\/span><\/p>\n Less Fuel Efficiency:<\/b> Ethanol evaporates faster, so it is much harder to store. It burns better, but it also burns quicker, which means compromised fuel efficiency. <\/span>However, it has higher octane than petrol and therefore provides increased power and performance.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/span>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201d<\/b>Flex-fuel engines to be mandatory soon: Gadkari\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on <\/span>25th September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government would soon make it mandatory for all vehicle manufacturers to make flex engines (that can run on more than one fuel). What are Flex Fuel Vehicles(FFV)? Flex Fuel Vehicles(FFV) is a modified version of vehicles that could… Continue reading Flex-fuel engines to be mandatory soon: Gadkari<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[9031,8671,768,9983,9612],"class_list":["post-136924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-automobile-sector","tag-changes-in-industrial-policy","tag-energy","tag-flex-fuel-vehicles","tag-non-renewable-energy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700656001},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are Flex Fuel Vehicles(FFV)?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Advantages of Flex Fuel Vehicles<\/b><\/h5>\n
Disadvantages <\/b>of Flex Fuel Vehicles<\/b><\/h5>\n