Bye Bye Diesel Petrol, Welcome Biofuel- Global Biofuel Alliance- A paradigm shift in sustainable energy, Carbon foot print and economic strategy- various options before India

Blockquote So, Is Hybrid the future for India ? only time could tell. But going by the technology , it is great for India because of following reasons.
(1) No need for charging battery …no plug … No need for any power
(2) No range issue
(3) Battery- minimal import dependence …Lead acid battery can also be used.
(4) Regenerative braking is used to generate electricity and charge battery and run engine
(5) Milage better than EV because brake energy don’t go waste .
(6) What is most important is the engine can run on Petrol Ethanol blend up to 20% and later the engine can run with flex fuel up to 100% ethanol with technology upgradation. Brazil already has 34 million flex vehicles.

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Hybrids cannot and do not use lead acid batteries, batteries used in hybrids like Toyota Innova Hycross are Nickel–metal hydride battery, whose cells need to be imported.
4. Regenerative braking is available in EVs too, it is not exclusive to hybrids!
5. Point (4) and (5) are same.
6. No, later the same engine cannot run on 100% ethanol, ethanol is corrosive and the fuel lines etc need to be changed, also ethanol significantly reduces the longevity of engines.

Maruti is flexing the government policies, these facts and studies are twisted, most of the studies are not objective. It is because of Maruti GoI took a u-turn on mandatory 6 airbags policy. Such is the power of Maruti.
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