Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday launched a 100 per cent ethanol-fueled variant of Toyota's Innova car. The launched car is World's first BS-VI (Stage-II), electrified flex-fuel vehicle.
«It is the dream of all of us to have cars, two-wheelers and autos running on ethanol,» said the minister during the event.
Union Minister Hardeep Puri was also present during the event.
He opined that biofuels can do wonders and save a lot of forex which is being spent on the import of petroleum.
Gadkari said that he started taking interest in biofuels in 2004 after the petrol price hike in the country and visited Brazil for this purpose.
«If we want to become Atamnirbhar (self-reliant) we have to bring this oil import to zero. At present it is Rs 16 lakh crore.