Govt starts negotiations with auto OEMs over new ethanol blending target for India

Govt starts negotiations with auto OEMs over new ethanol blending target for India

Industry experts told Moneycontrol that automakers would have to make some changes in the engine for the vehicle to be compliant with a fuel having an ethanol blend of over 20 percent, increasing the overall cost by 2.5 percent to 4 percent.

New Delhi: Indian automobile original equipment manufacturers (auto OEMs) have flagged concerns including high investment requirement and low market interest in increasing ethanol blending levels in petrol beyond 20 per cent, officials told Moneycontrol. The government has begun talks with OEMs to achieve a new target of ethanol blending in petrol as the current target of 20 per cent blending is expected to be met in a few months. Major Indian O…

The Ministry of Energy of the Nation authorized an increase of up to 5% in the prices of biofuels, which are destined for the compulsory mixture with naphthas and diesel. This adjustment was officialized by Resolutions 195 and 196/2025, published in the Official Gazette. Biodiesel destined for the mixture with diesel oil recorded an increase of 5%, reaching a minimum price of $1,251,837 per tonne. This new price will apply throughout the month o…

The consumer must adapt to the technology, and the fuel producers must improve the quality of these or balance their products with biofuels to generate a greater productivity chain. And Mexico can accept this challenge. Currently, the world consumes about 9.222 million litres of gasoline and diesel per day, the main fuels for transport in the world. Of these, 52 percent of the total corresponds to gasoline, and 48 percent to diesel. This amount …

The Energy Secretariat approved on Tuesday an increase of up to 5% in the price of biofuels destined for compulsory mixing by law with naphthas and diesel oil, through Resolutions 195 and 196/2025 published in the Official Gazette. The measure is not in line with the postponement of the update in the value of fuel taxes, amid the decrease of the price for consumers, so this factor will continue to generate pressure on the costs of the sector, be…

In a measure that will have a direct impact on the costs of fuel production and distribution, the national government approved an increase in the reference values for biodiesel and bioethanol from next month. The decision, taken by the Energy Secretariat, seeks to compensate for the higher productive costs faced by companies in the sector and to guarantee the supply of the domestic market. According to official sources, this adjustment was neces…