E100 bikes to roll out this month in India as part of push for cars to follow suit

In India, the transportation minister announced two models of the long-awaited E100 bikes will debut by month’s end. The government is pushing for auto companies to offer flex-fuel engines and see the bikes as a first step toward demonstrating demand for high blend capacity vehicles. In Mumbai, E100 retails at about half the price of gasoline. With the new biofuel policy approved by the cabinet, the minister believes ethanol production can reasonably increase by 50%.