Due to the use of CNG, taxi drivers will save about RMB 100 every day, compared to diesel cost.
What’s on Xiamen website also reported that four natural gas stations started business last week, including the mother facility in Jimei, a standard one in the same district, another station in Huli district and a daughter one in Siming district.
The region is also encouraging the use of this fuel in mass public transportation system. In December 2010, Xiamen Bus Group put into service a first batch of 10 compressed natural gas buses on the number 907 bus line in Jimei.
