Automobile companies can soon be ordered to produce passenger and commercial vehicles that can run on a variety of fuels. This will reduce the usage of polluting fossil fuels and hazardous emissions.
By the third quarter of this year (FY22), new guidelines for the use of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) with flex engines are planned to be released. This will elaborate engine configuration and other alterations required in cars to adhere to stipulated changes in the fuel mix.
The government is also preparing an incentive to encourage the production and usage of flex engines in automobiles. When the policy in this sector is announced, the details will be specified.
A fuel-efficient vehicle (FFV) is a modified version of a vehicle that can run on both gasoline and doped gasoline with various levels of ethanol blends.
These are currently being effectively used in Brazil. Which allows consumers to switch between fuels on price and convenience.
In fact, FFVs make up the vast majority of vehicles sold in Brazil.
The government is actively exploring the use of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) in order to increase the usage of biofuels in automobiles.
FFVs will have a distinct advantage in India. Since they will allow vehicles to use multiple blends of ethanol mixed fuel available.
Current regulations allow for the addition of up to 10% ethanol to petrol.
However, due to limited supply and transportation issues, 10% mixed petrol is only accessible in 15 states, while bio-fuel in other states ranges from 0% to 5%.
The launch of FFVs will add to the hurdles that automakers are currently dealing with. As a result of the rapid demand for electric vehicles. If FFV standards are made necessary, it will improve more investment in production and technology transfers to change the cars’ features.
The usage of 10% ethanol blended petrol and the introduction of BS-VI fuel have already increased the cost of manufacturing. Increasing blends to 20% improves a few changes in a vehicle configuration. But using FFVs will future-proof the design, allowing it to adapt to future blending.
