Toyota Launches First of its Kind Pilot Project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) in India

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As a part of this project, collected data will be shared with the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, for conducting a deeper study about the well-to-wheel carbon emissions of FFV / FFV-SHEV in the Indian context.

October 2022: Toyota recently launched the pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology in Delhi. The occasion was graced by the presence of Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries, Bhupinder Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas - Government of Delhi, at this important occasion, which was also witnessed by other key government dignitaries, high-ranking diplomats, industry leaders, academia along with senior executives of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Masakazu Yoshimura, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Vikram S Kirloskar - Vice Chairman, Vikram Gulati - Executive Vice President and Sudeep S. Dalvi - Senior Vice President and Chief Communication Officer.

During the launch, the Toyota Corolla Altis FFV-SHEV, which has been imported from Toyota Brazil for the pilot project, was unveiled. This initiative marks Toyota’s first step to promote and create awareness on Ethanol as an important indigenous, carbon neutral energy pathway, along with the advanced Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle technology of Toyota that can help India achieve true self-reliance, and contribute towards the national target of Carbon Net-Zero by 2070. Further, as a part of this project, collected data will be shared with the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, for conducting a deeper study about the well-to-wheel carbon emissions of FFV / FFV-SHEV in the Indian context. In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.