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E20 Petrol Rollout in India

 Dear Readers          Hope you all are doing well!          Some of us are concerned about the rollout of E20 petrol earlier this year. Essentially, E20 rollout is an attempt to reduce the oil import considerably. Before this rollout, we all used E10 which is nothing but a mixture of 10% of Ethanol and 90% Petrol.                   It is needless to say E20 increases Ethanol content from 10% to 20%. A group of automobile companies had a joint press conference recently to clarify the doubts that circulate between customers across the country.          A minor decrease in fuel efficiency has been noticed in both two-wheeler and four-wheeler segments. Vehicles compatible with E20 fuel are being delivered from 2023 which also means Vehicles manufactured before that are supposed to have this fuel efficiency decrease.          The big...