The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the world’s first prototype of the BS 6 Stage II ‘Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle’, developed by Toyota Kirloskar Motor.
- This innovative vehicle is based on the Innova Hycross and is engineered to adhere to India’s stricter emission standards, marking it as the first-ever BS 6 (Stage II) Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle prototype globally.
- The car, runs on 100 per cent ethanol (E100). It can cover 40 per cent of its distance on ethanol and the remaining 60 per cent on electric, with the petrol engine shut off.
- While flex-fuel vehicles have been introduced internationally before, and Toyota launched a flex-fuel version of its Corolla last year, this is the first flex-fuel vehicle compliant with India’s BS-VI emission standards.
- Ethanol being an indigenous, eco-friendly, and renewable fuel holds promising prospects for India.
- In Numaligarh refinery (Assam) of Indian Oil Corporation, bamboo is being used for manufacturing bio ethanol.
