Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
New Delhi:
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said he will launch Toyota’s Innova car on August 29, which runs entirely on ethanol fuel. The Union minister, who has been encouraging vehicle manufacturers to come up with alternative fuel-powered and green vehicles, launched the hydrogen-powered car Toyota Mirai EV last year.
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Addressing the Mint Sustainability Conference, Gadkari said, “I am going to launch the popular (Toyota) Innova car in the market on August 29, which will run on 100 percent ethanol.”
The car will be the world’s first BS-6 (Stage-2) electrified flex-fuel vehicle. Gadkari said that he became interested in biofuels in 2004 after the rise in petrol prices in the country.
He said that biofuels can do wonders and save huge amount of foreign exchange which is spent on importing petroleum.
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