Compared to same period last year
22-02-12
CNG conversions in Argentina increased 10 percent in the first month of 2012
The summer balance features positive figures for the South American country’s NGV industry, where 9,497 vehicles were switched to natural last month -in January 2011 there were 8,642 conversions. In its report, the Argentine Chamber for CNG (CAGNC) highlights that a large percentage of these installations were performed in the provinces and that there is a growing demand for fifth-generation equipment, suitable for mid-range and hi-end vehicles.
President of the CAGNC Fausto Maranca welcomed the encouraging figures and said that those numbers were provided by the Argentine Chamber for Gas Equipment Producers (CAPEC). "We were informed that many new cars are being converted to CNG with great success all over the country," he said.
Moreover, Maranca remarked that the situation that favors the use of natural gas for vehicles in Argentina is due to several factors, including current prices of CNG, lower than other fuels; safety in the future availability of domestic gas; proven technology solutions for the replacement of diesel fuel; and reducing pollution.
In Argentina, about 2,056,521 vehicles have been converted to natural gas (until November 2011), which can refuel at 1,092 filling stations across the country. It also exports its technology to more than 50 countries.