Flex-Fuel Vehicles: Flex-fuel vehicles are capable of running on a combination of 100 percent petrol or 100 percent bio-ethanol and their blends. These engines use ethanol-compatible components to adjust the fuel pump and fuel injection system. Flex-fuel engines are equipped with fuel mixture sensors and engine control module (ECM) programming. These can accommodate any ratio of blended fuel.
What is Flex Fuel?
Flex fuel vehicles are capable of running on a combination of 100 percent petrol or 100 percent bio-ethanol and their blends. It is basically a flexible fuel that is compatible with the vehicle’s internal combustion engine (ICE). It runs on a mixture of fuels along with petrol or diesel. These pollute less than normal petrol and diesel engines when it comes to emissions.
How do Flex Fuel Engines work?
Flex-fuel engines are equipped with fuel mixture sensors and engine control module (ECM) programming. These can accommodate any ratio of blended fuel. These engines use ethanol-compatible components to adjust the fuel pump and fuel injection system.
The country’s first flex-fuel engine car
Toyota Motor has installed a flex-fuel engine in the Corolla Altis under a pilot project. It was the first car to run on ethanol-blended petrol on Indian roads after the central government approved the blend of fuel made from sugarcane. Let us tell you that flex-fuel engines are already quite popular in countries like the United States, Brazil, the European Union and China.
