Toyota Launches Flexible Fuel Hybrid Sedan In India, Gasoline-Ethanol Mixture And Hybrid Powertrain

JAKARTA - Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday, October 11 launched a hybrid sedan with flexible fuel in India. They started a pilot project in the market where the government encouraged automakers to switch to clean fuel.

The sedan, imported from Toyota Brazil, is powered by flexible fuel technology, which allows engines to run on fuel mixed with higher ethanol percentages, to reduce gasoline consumption, along with a hybrid powertrain.

Although electric vehicle adoption is increasing slowly in India, the road transport minister wants automakers to develop flexible fuel engines that will use local-made ethanol as dominant fuel and reduce the country's dependence on imported gasoline.

"Toyota's pilot project will increase India's energy independence, in line with the government's target of energy self-sufficiency by 2047," said Toyota Kirloskar vice chairman banyak Kirloskar at launch in New Delhi, cited from Reuters.

India, which is a major sugar producer in the world, wants to increase its use of ethanol, such as a large Brazilian producer where sales of flexible fuel vehicles are already popular.

The purpose of this trial is to see how cars operate in India and raise awareness of technology.