Ethanol pumps will be installed across India soon: Nitin Gadkari
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethanol pumps will be installed across India soon: Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

Union minister of road, transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the day may not be far when bikes, auto-rickshaws and cars would completely run on ethanol across the country. Batting for green fuel, Gadkari said it would be a cheaper, cleaner and forex-saving alternative to diesel Inaugurating a week-long agro-exhibition In Nagpur on Friday, Gadkari said soon there would be ethanol pumps at various locations. “We will soon see ethanol pumps set up at various locations,” said the minister. State governments should scrap 15 years old buses, trucks, and cars in departments that come under their ambit, said Gadkari adding, “I would insist on state governments to adopt similar measures, soon.”

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Government Initiates Road Map for 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Government Initiates Road Map for 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri announces a roadmap for ethanol blending in petrol beyond 20%. He aims to blend up to 20% ethanol in petrol sold across the country by 2025 to lower its dependence on crude oil imports. The government acknowledges that unlike Brazil, India lacks the luxury of abundant arable land for biofuel …

Nitin Gadkari on eliminating petrol, diesel vehicles in India: ‘100% possible'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nitin Gadkari on eliminating petrol, diesel vehicles in India: ‘100% possible'

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that his aim is to get rid of petrol and diesel cars altogether in India to make the country a green economy. This is my vision.” Union minister Nitin Gadkari vowed to rid the country entirely of the over 36 crore petrol and diesel vehicles. Proposal on hybrids sent to finance ministry The proposal to …

How can India get rid of petrol, diesel? Nitin Gadkari reveals strategy
1 year, 3 months ago

How can India get rid of petrol, diesel? Nitin Gadkari reveals strategy

Live Mint  

Union Minister of Road and Transport, Nitin Gadkari, has revealed the government's strategy of ending the usage of petrol and diesel in India. Speaking about the Delhi pollution caused by burning of rice straw in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, the minister said, ".We have designed 186 plants that can make bio-CNG and bio-LNG from rice straw. Gadkari said that …

Gadkari Unveils 100% Ethanol-fueled Innova Car: All About Ethanol-run Vehicles, Countries Using it
1 year, 4 months ago

Gadkari Unveils 100% Ethanol-fueled Innova Car: All About Ethanol-run Vehicles, Countries Using it

News 18  

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday unveiled a 100 percent ethanol-fueled variant of Toyota’s Innova car. Gadkari launched Toyota Innova car on 100 percent ethanol, making it the world’s first car to run entirely on ethanol. First Ethanol-run Vehicle Nitin Gadkari launched the electric flex-fuel Toyota Innova MPV, which is entirely fueled by ethanol, indicated by …

India Will Soon Have Ethanol-Powered Cars, Says Nitin Gadkari
1 year, 6 months ago

India Will Soon Have Ethanol-Powered Cars, Says Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari has been pushing electric vehicle culture in India to promote green mobility. Nitin Gadkari on ethanol-powered vehicles While addressing the gathering, the minister also revealed that two-wheeler manufacturers including TVS, Bajaj and Hero are also not behind in the race, and will introduce scooters that will run 100 percent on ethanol …

'From today, will not use petrol or diesel vehicles': Gadkari urges people to use electric vehicles
1 year, 7 months ago

'From today, will not use petrol or diesel vehicles': Gadkari urges people to use electric vehicles

India TV News  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, while distributing e-rickshaws in Maharashtra's Nagpur on Friday, announced that he will not use petrol or diesel vehicles and appealed to citizens to follow the same amid the fact the electric and bio-fuel technology is both cheaper and pro-climate. The Union Road Transport minister said he does not want to use petrol or diesel vehicles and …

Global Investors Summit: Gadkari Urges Yogi to Adopt London Transport Model,​ Make Bus Ports & Ethanol Pumps
1 year, 11 months ago

Global Investors Summit: Gadkari Urges Yogi to Adopt London Transport Model,​ Make Bus Ports & Ethanol Pumps

News 18  

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday asked Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath at the Global Investors Summit 2023, to consider some new additions to the electric vehicle sector to fulfil his idea of making the state the most developed in the country. New Transport Model Gadkari has talked about the electric double-decker air-conditioned bus …

Top news of the day: February 06, 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Top news of the day: February 06, 2023

The Hindu  

Third earthquake rocks Turkey, over 1,900 killed A 6.0 magnitude earthquake, which followed a powerful 7.8 magnitude quake that rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria, hit Turkey on Monday toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,900 people. The promoters’ decision to pre-payment will help release 11.77 million shares in Adani Transmission Ltd., 168.27 million shares of Adani …

Auto Expo 2023: Union minister calls for introducing green vehicles in market
2 years ago

Auto Expo 2023: Union minister calls for introducing green vehicles in market

Hindustan Times  

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday asked automobile manufacturers to move from the prototype stage and start introducing green vehicles in the market, saying the time has come for biofuels and other clean energy technologies. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurating the Ethanol Pavilion at Auto Expo 2023. In his address at a symposium here at the Auto Expo …

Why stakeholders are squabbling over ethanol
2 years ago

Why stakeholders are squabbling over ethanol

Live Mint  

In July 2019, TVS Motor Company, India’s third largest two-wheeler maker, unveiled a radical version of its best-selling performance motorcycle, Apache. The advantage with flex fuel engine is it takes care of any inconsistency in the supply of ethanol while also giving consumers the choice on which blend they wish to use," said Andre Aranha Correa Do Lago, the Brazilian …

About 20% ethanol-blended petrol to debut within days: Hardeep Puri
2 years ago

About 20% ethanol-blended petrol to debut within days: Hardeep Puri

Live Mint  

Following the achievement of the target to sell petrol doped with 10 per cent ethanol, India will in the next couple of days start experimental supplies of 20 per cent biofuel mixed petrol, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on 23 December. Puri, while addressing the first public awareness event in the run-up to India Energy Week 2023 -- 'Dance …

Indian sugarcane fields could yield a flex-fuel bonanza
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian sugarcane fields could yield a flex-fuel bonanza

Live Mint  

In an earlier article in this column, I had pointed out that plants were the solar cells of the natural world. In 2003, ever since flex-fuel technology was first deployed in Brazil, car owners have had the option to fill their tanks with petrol, a mixture of ethanol and petrol or 100% ethanol. In the two decades since the deployment …

The right and wrong in Nitin Gadkari’s ethanol push
2 years, 4 months ago

The right and wrong in Nitin Gadkari’s ethanol push

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari is not a patient man. From ramrodding the industry to switch directly from BS4 to BS6 emission norms–without passing BS5 and two years ahead of schedule at that–to pushing for electric vehicles to warning cement producers that he will set up cement plants under his ministry if industry cartels did not …

Gadkari arrives at Parliament in green hydrogen-fuelled car
2 years, 9 months ago

Gadkari arrives at Parliament in green hydrogen-fuelled car

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari arrived at Parliament in a green hydrogen-based electric car today, signalling his support for green energy. Speaking to reporters outside his residence before leaving for Parliament, Gadkari outlined the need to raise more awareness about green hydrogen and fuel cell electric vehicle. pic.twitter.com/NNHewczvpc — Office Of Nitin Gadkari March 30, 2022 …

Watch | India's first hydrogen-based fuel-cell electric car can run 600 km in single charge
2 years, 10 months ago

Watch | India's first hydrogen-based fuel-cell electric car can run 600 km in single charge

India TV News  

Highlights Toyota Mirai is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell battery pack It is capable of providing a range up to 600 km in a single charge, with a refuelling time of 5 min The first-of-its-kind project in India aims to create an ecosystem for such vehicles Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday launched India's first green hydrogen-based advanced fuel …

Nitin Gadkari Asks Automakers to Make Flex-Fuel Vehicles Within 6 Months in India
3 years ago

Nitin Gadkari Asks Automakers to Make Flex-Fuel Vehicles Within 6 Months in India

News 18  

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that in order to substitute India’s import of petroleum as a fuel and to provide direct benefits to farmers, the Automobile Manufacturers in India have now been advised to start manufacturing Flex Fuel Vehicles and Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles complying with BS-VI Norms in a time-bound …

Nitin Gadkari says he will drive his green hydrogen car in Delhi to show it's possible
3 years, 1 month ago

Nitin Gadkari says he will drive his green hydrogen car in Delhi to show it's possible

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said he has bought a car that will run on green hydrogen produced at Faridabad's oil research institute for a pilot project. Addressing a national summit on financial inclusion, the transport minister said he will drive that car in Delhi so that people believe it's possible to get green hydrogen from water. "I have …

Nitin Gadkari: Will Make it Mandatory for Carmakers to Introduce Flex-Fuel Engines
3 years, 1 month ago

Nitin Gadkari: Will Make it Mandatory for Carmakers to Introduce Flex-Fuel Engines

News 18  

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said he would issue an order in the next two to three days to make it mandatory for the carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles. Addressing an event, Gadkari said, India imports petroleum products worth 8 lakh crore every year, and if the country continues to depend on fossil fuels, then its import …

Giving big push for ethanol as fuel: Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

Giving big push for ethanol as fuel: Gadkari

The Hindu  

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government was giving a special push for ethanol as a fuel. Further, the use of ethanol blended petrol decreases emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides by 40%,” he stated. Currently, the sugar industry contributed to 90% of ethanol demand as a blended fuel, but the government …

India Framing Policies to Promote Use of Clean Fuels, Electric Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

India Framing Policies to Promote Use of Clean Fuels, Electric Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

India is framing policies to promote the use of clean fuels, including electric vehicles, and tightening emission norms to meet its carbon reduction targets, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told the Reuters Impact conference on Monday. The government will also stick firmly to its 2022 deadline for implementing tighter fuel efficiency norms also known as Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency, Gadkari said, …

Will Issue Order Soon Mandating Automakers to Make Flex Fuel Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

Will Issue Order Soon Mandating Automakers to Make Flex Fuel Vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways provided another impetus for alternative fuel as he today announced that he will be issuing an order mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines. “In the next 3 to 4 months, I will be issuing an order, mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines", he said. Gadkari …

Nitin Gadkari Pushes Use of Alternative Fuel in India, Ethanol Pumps Within 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 4 months ago

Nitin Gadkari Pushes Use of Alternative Fuel in India, Ethanol Pumps Within 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways provided another impetus for alternative fuel when he announced recently that ethanol pumps will be set up across the country in the next 6 months. We will establish ethanol pumps network in the country within six months," he said. Gadkari said the government is trying to manufacture engines that give an option to …

Decision over flex-fuel engines in 8-10 days, says Gadkari
3 years, 6 months ago

Decision over flex-fuel engines in 8-10 days, says Gadkari

India TV News  

The government will take a decision over flex-fuel engines in the next 8-10 days as it is considering making these engines mandatory for the automobile industry, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday while asserting that the move will help farmers and boost the Indian economy. Addressing Rotary District Conference 2020-21 virtually, Gadkari said that the price of alternative fuel …

Indian Govt to Advance Implementation of 20 Percent Ethanol Blended Gasoline by 2 Years
3 years, 7 months ago

Indian Govt to Advance Implementation of 20 Percent Ethanol Blended Gasoline by 2 Years

News 18  

India's government will bring forward to 2023 from 2025 the possibility of fuel companies selling gasoline containing up to 20% of ethanol, according to brokers and a publication in the country's official gazette on Wednesday. "The central government hereby directs that the oil companies shall sell ethanol blended petrol with percentage of ethanol up to 20% as per the Bureau …

Gadkari urges automakers to produce flex-fuel vehicles and help slash vehicular pollution
3 years, 10 months ago

Gadkari urges automakers to produce flex-fuel vehicles and help slash vehicular pollution

Firstpost  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked automakers to build flex-engine vehicles for using alternative fuel. Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, talking to a delegation of carmakers from the Society of India Automobile Manufacturers, on Tuesday stressed the need for indigenous technology for flex-fuel vehicles. “Gadkari has urged car manufacturers to give priority to the indigenous production of …

India Should Focus on Flex-Engine Vehicles to Promote Alternative Fuel: Nitin Gadkari
4 years, 4 months ago

India Should Focus on Flex-Engine Vehicles to Promote Alternative Fuel: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

Promising all support to the automobile industry, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday encouraged automakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in India on a large scale to promote alternative fuel in alignment with the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ drive. To encourage alternative fuel, the government has decided to allow automakers meeting certain criteria to set up own fuel pumps, provided they sell …

Import of petrol becoming difficult, make use of alternatives for fuel: Nitin Gadkari
6 years, 3 months ago

Import of petrol becoming difficult, make use of alternatives for fuel: Nitin Gadkari

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday stressed on use of alternative sources of energy including bio ethanol amid rise in petroleum prices. "Import of petrol is becoming difficult for the country and so we should look at the alternative sources of energy.we should make full use of biofuel, methanol, and ethanol among others," the Union minister said …

Nitin Gadkari says govt not against diesel and petrol, but it wants to boost alternative fuels
6 years, 4 months ago

Nitin Gadkari says govt not against diesel and petrol, but it wants to boost alternative fuels

Firstpost  

Nitin Gadkari, who had in 2017 threatened to “bulldoze” the auto industry to adopt electric vehicles, struck a conciliatory note and said the government was not against petrol and diesel fuels New Delhi: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday pitched for alternative fuels such as ethanol and methanol along with electric vehicles, reiterating that the government’s policy is to reduce import, …

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