{"id":30009,"date":"2026-07-03T03:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/minor-drop-in-mileage-of-vehicles-due-to-e20-says-hardeep-singh-puri-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T03:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:36:46","slug":"minor-drop-in-mileage-of-vehicles-due-to-e20-says-hardeep-singh-puri-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/minor-drop-in-mileage-of-vehicles-due-to-e20-says-hardeep-singh-puri-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Minor&#8217; drop in mileage of vehicles due to E20, says Hardeep Singh Puri | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132147793,imgsize-703184,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Minor' drop in mileage of vehicles due to E20, says Hardeep Singh Puri\" title=\"Hardeep Singh Puri\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hardeep-singh-puri\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Hardeep Singh Puri<\/a> Thursday said a &#8220;make-believe&#8221; narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Addressing a press conference, the minister said the reduction in mileage of an E20-fuelled vehicle is &#8220;minor&#8221;. &#8220;It is well established that when you have ethanol in a vehicle, which they use in racing cars also, the acceleration increases, knocking improves. Mileage may drop a little, but it can happen because of many other reasons also,&#8221; he said. Puri added that insurance companies had also issued clarifications regarding vehicle coverage.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Puri said his ministry had compiled a 15-page note tracing the journey of ethanol blending, listing the countries where it is practised. The note will also answer people&#8217;s concerns.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The note stated that &#8220;misleading videos, selectively edited clips and sensational social media posts&#8221; were being circulated with the objective of &#8220;creating fear amongst vehicle owners&#8221; regarding the use of E20 fuel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Puri said India adopted 20% ethanol blending in petrol after consulting all stakeholders, including SIAM and ARAI, and would move to 25% blending only after completing all necessary tests. The minister said the concept of ethanol blending was not new and prominent car maker Henry Ford called it the &#8220;fuel of the future&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/minor-drop-in-mileage-of-vehicles-due-to-e20-says-hardeep-singh-puri\/articleshow\/132147795.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay public fears over ethanol-blended fuel, petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said a &#8220;make-believe&#8221; narrative had been unleashed on social media over the past few days.Addressing a press conference, the minister said the reduction in mileage of an E20-fuelled vehicle is &#8220;minor&#8221;. &#8220;It is well established that when you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}