Promote felx-fuel vehicles to tread crude oil price fluctuation: Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the country needs to promote flex-fuel vehicles and e-mobility to tide over the problems created by wide fluctuations in crude oil prices in the international market.

Addressing an event organised by SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures), Gadkari further said that the aviation sector is also facing problems due to the high cost of aviation fuel.

“Every year, (wide) fluctuations in crude oil prices are creating lots of problems…We need to march towards adoption of 100 per cent flex fuel vehicles,” he said.

Flex-fuel compatible cars can run on more than one type of fuels and also on a mixture. Typically, a blend of petrol and ethanol or methanol is used.