This comes at a time when Nissan owners are reporting that the mandatory E15 blend could damage their cars.
The car manufacturers and assemblers have allegedly warned that they would not honour warranties for vehicles because they could be affected by the fuel, which they deemed harmful to certain models.
This has deepened controversy surrounding the mandatory blending of fuel. Manufacturers say the percentage of ethanol should not be above 10 per cent.
Nissan Zimbabwe’s after-sales manager, Mehluli Khumalo, said: “Nissan vehicles are designed to take a maximum 10 per cent ethanol blended gasoline only. If this percentage is exceeded, Nissan products will have to have most fuel injection components changed and various rubber components installed into the fuel systems redesigned to cater for a higher ethanol blend.”
However, Green Fuel public relations officer Lilian Muungani said vehicles could either be already flexi fuel from the manufacturer or needed to be fitted with a fuel upgrade kit to enable them to run on the blend.
She added that more than 3,500 vehicles in Harare were currently using 85 per cent anhydrous ethanol (E85) blended with unleaded petrol.
“These vehicles are running without problems. We urge motorists to approach service stations with E85 to get detailed information on flexi-fuel kits,” she said.
E15 has been approved for mandatory blending, and this will be increased to E20 by April.
E85 is available at 13 centres and there are plans to open up new sites throughout the country. E85 is going for between $1.08 and $1.10 a litre compared to unleaded at $1.45.
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So now green fuels knows more about cars than the very manufacturers who design and produce them! The ZANU disease knows no bounce, Zimbabwe has been cursed for sure.
i wonder how much the flexi-fuel kits cost? Since the blending is mandatory, the flexi-fuel kits should be free ( installation included)
Couldn’t be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!