Amid Fuel Hike, Nitin Gadkari Heads To Parliament In Hydrogen Car Priced At Rs 37 Lakh

Given the soaring oil prices, you'd understand the pain of burning a hole in your pocket every time you visit the petrol pump. After frequently talking about a transition to renewables and green energy, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today rolled into the Parliament in a green hydrogen. The car is the first of its kind in India.

Gadkari travelled from his residence to the Parliament in the car this morning as part of a pilot project. According to an NDTV report, the car can cover 600 kilometres on a full tank, which brings down the cost of travel to just Rs 2 per kilometre. It also takes just five minutes to fill the fuel tank of the vehicle.

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The Minister was seen sitting in the front seat of the car next to the driver. The white coloured car has a green number plate which is used in electric vehicles as well.

Earlier this month, Gadkari had launched India's first hydrogen-based advanced "Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)" - Toyota Mirai.

He had also shared a video of how green hydrogen can power a car. At the launch, he said that green hydrogen was "an efficient, eco-friendly and sustainable energy pathway to make India energy self-reliant".

Back in January, the minister had said that he would himself use a hydrogen-powered car.

"Toyota Company from Japan has given me a vehicle which runs on green Hydrogen. I will use it myself as a pilot project (on alternative fuel)," he had said.

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¡ª Office Of Nitin Gadkari (@OfficeOfNG) March 30, 2022

The minister has always favoured a greener approach to fuel, saying rapid strides in green fuel technology will reduce the cost of electric vehicles which will bring them at par with petrol-run vehicles in just two years' time.

On Wednesday, fuel prices were hiked again for the eighth time in the last nine days. In Delhi, petrol and diesel rates were hiked by 80 paise a litre, respectively, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. A litre of petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 101.01 as against Rs 100.21 previously; diesel will cost Rs 92.27 as compared to Rs 91.47 earlier.

In Mumbai, petrol will be retailed at ? 115.88 per litre, while diesel will be sold at ? 100.10 per litre. Fuel rates are the highest in Mumbai among the metropolitan cities. The prices vary across the states due to value-added tax (VAT).

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