Question: Consider following statement regarding Flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs)-
i) Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) are the modified version of the vehicles which can run both on the gasoline and the doped petrol with varying levels of ethanol blends.
ii) Government has asked vehicle manufacturers to make only Passenger vehicle in FFV category.
iii) These vehicles are currently being used in Brazil successfully.
Which of the above are correct?
a) i and ii
b) iii, ii
c) i and iii
d) All of the above
Ans : c
Context
- Auto companies in India may soon be asked by government to manufacture the passenger and commercial vehicles that run on the multiple fuel configurations.
Facts
Flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV)
- A flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) or dual-fuel vehicle or a flex-fuel vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one type of fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel, and both fuels are stored in the same common tank. Modern flex-fuel engines are capable of burning any proportion of the resulting blend in the combustion chamber of Engine.
- They are different from bi-fuel vehicles, where two fuels are stored in separate tanks and the engine runs on one fuel at a time, for example, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or hydrogen.
- The use of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) is being actively looked by government to increase the use of bio fuels in running the vehicles.
- These are currently being used in Brazil quite successfully.
Advantage for India
- In India, the FFVs will present a different advantage because the vehicles will allow the vehicles to use the different blends of ethanol mixed petrol which are available across the country as opposed to the current regulation. The current regulation allows to mix up to 10 percent ethanol in petrol. But due to shortage in supply & other transportation challenges, 10 percent blended petrol is available only across 15 states. The FFVs would be allowing the vehicles to use all the blends and would run on unblended fuel as well.
By kameshwar shukla