Team-BHP - M&M flags off biodiesel / hybrid Scorpio, Bolero DI

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Pioneering the user of alternate fuels in India, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today unveiled the bio-diesel Scorpio and Bolero DI vehicles for 100% real world usage trials.

The Scorpio with indigenously developed CRDE technology is the first Asian vehicle in its class to run on 100% bio-diesel. M&M also unveiled a 5% bio-diesel tractor.

Source : http://business-standard.com/common/...N&autono=20399

Mahindra seems to be quite involved in the alternative fuels development, with their Scorpio hybrid, and now this, the bio-diesel Scorpio.

It is nice to see an Indian Manufacturer take concrete steps to bring such vehicles into the market place....hopefully our govt will lend them a helping hand by way of tax cuts/exemptions on such initiatives.

100% BD?!! Hmmm... now that sounds like some serious business. Best of them run on 40%. What is "real world trials"? Hope they are not trying to make guinea pigs out of their customers.

Wow! THis is great from M&M. When do these come on the road. I am waiting for the new Scorpio. Does anyone have news when its out?
The hybrid Scorpio sounds interesting. Hope they launch it soon too.

Haven't they launched the Scorpio bio-diesel for regular sales? Which fuel pumps sell bio-diesels? And what happened to the Mercedes bio-diesel project. They have had a C class running on bio-diesel for years now.

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Originally Posted by amit (Post 370036)

may be they run the car for a million kms for testing purposes :p

We really should applaud M&M for taking the initiative to develop such projects. Looks like the success of the Scorpio has done for them what the Pulsar has done for Bajaj..... the drive towards innovation.

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And what happened to the Mercedes bio-diesel project. They have had a C class running on bio-diesel for years now

Good job but not the first in India.
Mercedes has been running Biodiesel C class in India for quite some time.
Only difference between that and normal C class.. Some plastic bits in the fuel system are changed so that they don't get corroded. Recently this merc went on a golden GQ trip along with almost the entire Mercedes range with some Auto Journalists, autocar has the details.

Its nothing new, since Tata has been running several biodiesel buses in Pune for its employees for a long time now. I also regularly see the biodiesel C-class in my area.

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Originally Posted by sajo (Post 370127)

Its nothing new, since Tata has been running several biodiesel buses in Pune for its employees for a long time now. I also regularly see the biodiesel C-class in my area.

Around a year ago, i have seen a tata indigo, which had vinyls all around it, displaying proudly that it runs on bio-deisel. It also had a phone number to call for further details, I took the number in a pocket book and forgot about it till today. I will try to find that book and them, what its all about.

what I remember reading some news papper sometime ago, is you can use bio-diesel with little or no modification to existing diesel engines. (not sure about bio - fossil mix percentage)

does that hold good still?. If then why there is a Bio-Diesel version ?.

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Originally Posted by chanapli (Post 370174)

Thats correct, no engine mods needed, but you need to use corossion resistant plastics in the fuel system as biodiesel is not rubber/plastic/O-ring friendly as far as the current crop of plastics in engines is concerned.
These are minor modifications, and can hardly be termed as mods.

Thanks tsk1979.

Wonder when will the bio-Diesel available to public. I know some of the depots of KSRTC already runs on Bio-Diesel. Also I have seen a plant between Hosur and Krishnagiri.

As theMag said, they will be some resistance from OIL companies. They have excess money to (distribute in politics) stop / delay alternate fuels.