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India’s E85 fuel rollout: what it means for motorists
With the E85 fuel launched at an Indian Oil retail outlet in New Delhi last week, the Union government is pushing ethanol blending in fuel as a means to reduce import cost in times of present West Asia crisis, and reduce the dependence of fossil fuel. 84 lakh crore in foreign exchange and substituted nearly 302 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil imports”. It is followed by approximately 50 lakh registered four-wheelers (including passenger cars, jeeps, taxis, and commercial goods carriers) on its roads.