India will begin selling E85 at gas stations.

The Indian government will begin selling a fuel blended with 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline (E85) later this year, which will cost about 20 rupees per liter less than the current E20, said Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday (5). Sales of E85 will begin at 50 to 100 fuel stations in 2026, expanding to about 5,000 points of sale by the end of 2027. The statement comes a day after the launch of India's first flex-fuel vehicle Developed by the automaker Maruti Suzuki, the car was designed to run on any blend of ethanol and gasoline, from E20 (20% ethanol) to E100 (100% ethanol). Currently, E20 sells for around 102 rupees (US$1.07) per liter in New Delhi.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.