Mint Explainer: Will flex fuel vehicles rule Indian roads?

More importantly, owning a flex-fuel vehicle does not obligate the consumer to use higher ethanol blends such as E85 or E100. Because higher ethanol blends yield lower fuel consumption and flex-fuel vehicles come with higher upfront costs, industry executives argue that both tax incentives and lower fuel prices are needed to encourage adoption. Highlighting this cost barrier, Hero MotoCorp’s recently launched flex-fuel bikes HF Deluxe and Splendor+ were the most expensive variants of their respective models.