New Delhi: As the buzz over ethanol heightens across India, a top executive at Toyota Kirloskar Motor has trashed reports of E20-blended fuel damaging vehicles as a "myth", asserting that every vehicle sold in the country after 2023 was E20-compliant and even pre-2023 vehicles can run on the fuel "without any problem".
Vikram Gulati, Country Head and Executive Vice President (Corporate Affairs and Governance) of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, in an interview, stated that there was a lot of "misunderstanding" about ethanol-blended fuel, ranging from mileage loss to vehicle damage and compatibility issues.
Gulati said that while it was true that ethanol-blended fuel led to "some fuel inefficiency," it was "not so big as it is being made out to be".
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"E85 and E100, that is, 85% ethanol and 100% ethanol, are not meant for regular cars. It is meant for a different type of technology, which is called a flex-fuel vehicle. This vehicle can take any mix of ethanol. So people need not worry. E20 is the standard fuel that will be available, and it is compatible with old vehicles and new vehicles. All vehicles sold after 1st of April 2023, are fully materially compliant with E20," Gulati said.
