India Adviser Urges E10 Return Alongside E20 for 75-80 Million Older Vehicles
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Updated · OilPrice.com · Aug 17
India Adviser Urges E10 Return Alongside E20 for 75-80 Million Older Vehicles
3 articles · Updated · OilPrice.com · Aug 17
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V Anantha Nageswaran urged India to restore E10 fuel alongside E20, saying the lower-ethanol option would protect older vehicles and two-wheelers while easing public concern.
E20 became the only gasoline sold nationwide on April 1 under India’s push to cut crude imports and pollution, but worries about vehicle performance have intensified since the rollout.
Nageswaran argued offering both blends would lower total ethanol use rather than raise it and buy time for a retrofit program to catch up with the existing fleet.
The call puts the chief economic adviser at odds with the petroleum ministry, which last month rejected E10 or pure gasoline on logistical grounds, and with Indian Oil, which this weekend defended E20’s economic and energy-security benefits.