Expected Price Hike For Flex Fuel Vehicles (E20, E100 Ethanol Blend) | V3Cars

According to the report, to achieve full E100 ethanol compatibility, the production costs of a petrol car will go up by about Rs. 17,000 to Rs. Rs. 25,000. To make a petrol car compatible with E20 flex fuel or 20% ethanol blend, it’ll cost the carmakers Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000 more in the production.

Please note that these are the estimated production costs in making a petrol car compatible with E20 or E100 flex fuel. The research and development costs will further add at least Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 to these estimates per vehicle. Thus, an E20 flex fuel car could cost Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 6,000 more than a normal petrol car. Meanwhile, an E100 car could cost as much as Rs. 19,000 to Rs. 27,000 more than a petrol car.

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The benefits of running on flex fuel don’t come from the higher fuel efficiency itself. In fact, running on full ethanol or ethanol blend poorly affects the typical mileage figures. However, the source of the raw material for the production of ethanol can greatly reduce the cost of the fuel. Therefore, even with a lower mileage, a flex fuel car could, in theory, cost less to run than a petrol car. On the other hand, according to the same report, in some cases, the then cost of ethanol was higher than that of petrol at the pump. However, it’s possible to contain this cost with large-scale production to achieve economies of scale.

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The advantages of using flex fuel are:

• likely to cost less than petrol
• helps reduce dependence on crude oil & provides cushion against oil, currency fluctuations
• helps contain foreign cash outflow
• produces less greenhouse gas during combustion
• uses waste materials for production
• creates a new bio-fuel production sector & employment opportunities
• relatively easier to adopt by modifying existing petrol engines
• uses existing storage, transportation & distribution infrastructure

The disadvantages of a flex fuel vehicle are:

• not suitable for current petrol engines
• ethanol is more hygroscopic than petrol
• doesn’t drastically lower ownership costs

To know more about the pros and cons of flex fuel vehicles, you can visit the following link:

Pros And Cons Of Flex Fuel Vehicles (Ethanol Blend)

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