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12/10/22 06:56 AM IST

Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV)

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  • Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari Launched Toyota’s first of its kind pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) in India.
Flexi-Fuel Vehicles 
  • These vehicles will run on 100% petrol as well as 20-100% blended ethanol and electric power.
  • They have engines that can run on flexible fuel — a combination of petrol and ethanol, which can include up to 100% ethanol.
  • Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV): When FFV is integrated along with strong hybrid electric technology, it is referred as FFV-SHEVs.
  • Strong hybrid is another term for full hybrid vehicles, which have the capability to run solely on either electric or petrol modes.
  • In contrast, mild hybrids cannot run purely on one of these modes and use the secondary mode merely as a supplement to the main mode of propulsion.
Source- PIB 

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