Tuesday 5 March 2013

Convert to CNG for a better tomorrow

CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is more environment friendly alternative to other fuels. It has been considered as a better option due to rising Fuel prices for a while now. CNG vehicles are growing at a 30 percent annual rate.



Why only CNG?
  • CNG powered Vehicles have lower maintenance cost.
  • CNG fuel systems are sealed, which prevents spills or evaporation losses.
  • CNG mixes easily & evenly with air.
  • Less likely to ignite on hot surfaces, (auto-ignition temperature - 540 °C)
  • Less pollution & more efficiency.

What does it take for a CNG Conversion?
  • Getting CNG Kit from a RTO Licensed Dealer is a safe option. Another option is to check with your nearby Service centers.
  • Roadside retrofitters will help you in getting a Certificate approval from RTO stating your Vehicle Regn, engine/chassis number.
  • After paying additional premium towards the cost of CNG kit to your Insurance Company your CNG vehicle is operational :)

Still worried about the cost? Don’t be -

We actually did the Math !

  • CNG Kit costs between INR 40,000 to 50,000. For vehicles like Honda Civic and Accord, the  cost goes up to INR 55,000 to INR 65,000 (depending on manual and automatic).
  • Honda Civic gives 15km/kg via CNG, while Honda Accord gives 13 km/kg. That means we are spending INR 2.96 per km in CNG, whereas petrol costs us 7.70 per km.
  • CNG costs 1/3 & 1/2 as compared to other fuels.
  • On an average if you drive 750 Km/month, it will take 2.5 years to recover your CNG Kit installation cost.
         Hence Proved !

Who else is using CNG?

  • Germany is targeting 2 million vehicles by 2020.
  •  AT & T ordered 1,200 CNG powered Cargo vans from General Motors in 2012. That's the largest order for General motors.
  • AT & T further plans to invest $565 million in CNG vehicles by 2018.
  • 10 million CNG cars as of today.

Investing 40,000 INR in a CNG kit is a good payback. This world is changing for a better tomorrow, why don‘t we?

4 comments:

  1. Full marks for less pollution and environment friendliness. Traffic related problems are worsening in India and need a intelligent and smart Indian solution

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  2. I hardly read such informative post relating to compressed natural gas in the recent time. We also deals with cng kits fitment centre in Delhi therefore can bettering understand you this post. Thanks lot for sharing such informative post.

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