union minister nitin gadkari on saturday said top officials of automobile companies have promised him that they will start manufacturing vehicles of flexfuel variants within six months addressing et global business summit virtually gadkari further said the government is working on a plan to shift public transport to 100 per cent clean energy sources this week i had a meeting with managing directors of all big automobile companies and siam representatives and they promised me that they will start manufacturing flexfuel engines for vehicles that can run on more than one fuel he said advt flexfuel or flexible fuel is an alternative fuel with a combination of gasoline and methanol or ethanol the road transport and highways minister said companies like tvs motor and bajaj auto have already started producing flexfuel engines for their two and threewheelers he said now farmers are making bioethanol from rice corn and sugarcane juice according to gadkari soon most vehicles in india will run on 100 per cent ethanol last year in december the government had issued an advisory to carmakers to introduce flexiblefuel engines in vehicles gadkari also said the government is working to encourage the use of green hydrogen and other alternative fuels but at the same time you understand presently we are using maximum petrol and diesel and the international scenario is not good we are facing crucial problems because there is a war between russia and ukraine and i feel that it is really a big challenge he said so the only option gadkari noted is alternative fuels like bioethanol and lng which are import substitutes cost effective and pollutionfree the minister pointed out that presently india imports crude oil worth inr 8 lakh crore and it can go up to inr 25 lakh crore in the next five yearsalso readflagging rise in fuel price nitin gadkari asks auto manufacturers to expedite rollout of flexfuel variantsaccording to sources gadkari said it was high time to go for alternate fuel and reduce dependence on imported petrol and diesel to meet energy requirementssee more details pti published on mar 12 2022 at 0729 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app flexfuel vehicles tvs motor nitin gadkari bajaj auto siam flexfuel vehicle manufacturing homenewsindustryauto firms will begin manufacturing flexfuel vehicles within six months says gadkari