India launched E85 fuel on Friday at a ceremony in New Delhi, according to officials, with Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri presiding over the event. The fuel, containing 85% ethanol, is part of a flex-fuel mobility program aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on imported crude oil.
Earlier that week, Puri introduced India’s first flex-fuel passenger vehicle, manufactured by Maruti Suzuki. Flex-fuel vehicles are designed to operate on a range of ethanol-petrol blends, from E20 up to E100, as described in technical literature on the subject [1]. The launch marks a step toward integrating high-ethanol blends into the Indian transportation sector.
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