Indian Carmakers Express Fuel Contamination Worries Before Public Retreat
Emails revealed Indian carmakers' concerns about ethanol-blended petrol contamination, which they later publicly withdrew after government assurances, citing a need to re-evaluate figures.
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Hours after India made public assurances last week that its ethanol-blended petrol was safe, the country’s main auto lobby withdrew a complaint about fuel contamination it had sent to the government a week earlier. The group said some figures needed more checks. But separate communications between industry executives, reviewed by Reuters, showed that in the preceding days, top automakers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra discussed their concerns about contamination of petrol blended wit...
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