Gadkari Bats for Electric Vehicles, Biofuels
(ANI/SiFy News) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday rooted for electric vehicles and bio-fuels as more cost-effective, pollution free and indigenous source of energy, which are beneficial for all.
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Earlier today, the Union Minister had attended the launch of an ethanol-powered vehicle. “Ethanol is biofuel produced from biomass and segregated municipal waste. The government has brought in a new policy to increases its production and set the price of the fuel at Rs 59 per litre,” Gadkari had said. The minister said that electric vehicles are a more viable option and they will opt for it on their own in the natural course. “We don’t need to promote electric vehicles. A diesel bus operates at the cost of Rs 115 per km whereas the same is Rs 79 for an Ethanol bus and Rs 50 for an electric bus,” Gadkari added. READ MORE
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