The number of Colombians who installed gas on their vehicles doubled

So far in 2018, with a cutoff until May, 131% more of the expected natural gas facilities have been made in the country. The main reason is the competitiveness of the Natural Gas Vehicle (GNV) against the increase in the price of gasoline gallon, which increased by an average of $ 161 for this month, followed by D & D Other factors such as the renewal of the public fleet and incentives to the final price of the facility transferred to customers.

According to the calculations made by Gas Natural Fenosa the competitiveness of natural gas against the increase in the price of gasoline that governed As of June 1, it would be nearly 54%, or savings of almost $ 4,500 per gallon. On this point, it is also important to note that the price behavior of the m3 of natural gas is more stable.

The conversion fund, led by Ecopetrol and TGI, also aims to provide the end customer access to grant an incentive that reduces the final value of the vehicle's installation. To give an example, the present value stipulated for this incentive in the city of Bogotá is $ 1,200,000, which covers about 30% of the average value of an installation. The current Fund has coverage until 2018 but the negotiation process has already begun to extend its validity until 2021.

In addition to the factor of economy, environmental impact e l natural gas in the environment to reduce pollution . According to the most recent study conducted by Idae Ingeniería SAS last November, the use of natural gas reduces carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by 20%, and ultrafine particles (PM2) by 70%. 5) and in 23% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) compared with the use of oxygenated gasoline in internal combustion engines ignited by sparks.

The installation of the vehicle with natural gas does not require modification of the transit card. ] However, it is still necessary to implement other state stimuli that encourage the use of this clean fuel in the country, such as the priority in rows at airports, as well as the terminals. transport, being free of spike and trim. annual motor traffic, savings in SOAT, parking in public bays and mechanical techno-revision

In Colombia, a total of 170,000 vehicles operating on natural gas are currently in service. According to the conversion statistics of the last five years, about 52% of them correspond to public services and the rest to particular segments and others.