New Delhi, June 3 -- Flex Fuel Vehicles offer India a practical solution to reduce crude oil imports, strengthen the rural economy through ethanol demand, and advance low-carbon mobility, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said during the Launch of Hero MotoCorp's First Flex-Fuel Motorcycle in the national capital today.

Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari was also present during the event.

Puri described the launch as a new chapter in India's energy history, with the introduction of new motorcycles compatible with ethanol blends from E20 to E85. He added that the launch of the Splendor+ and HF Deluxe Flex Fuel motorcycles marks India's entry into mass-market flex-fuel mobility with...