Auto LPG, advantages and disadvantages. The pros and cons. But also methane, bio, hybrid. The new models

A lot of LPG and methane are trying to determine which is the cheapest, also because the diesel seems to be banned in a few years and the costs of other solutions or fuel or car are very salty

The benefits and the disadvantages [19659003] It should be noted immediately that the installation between LPG and CNG cars is different. But the cost of installation and installation, even without incentive, does not exceed 2000 thousand euros that can be recovered by saving fuel. Always need a full tank of gas to start the system, but it can take several months and is a negligible expense.

The savings are therefore considerable and the price of LPG remains fairly fixed because it is not. related to oil and its fluctuations. And then among other benefits and advantages it pollutes less and you can still use the car in every block for both pollution and different areas of the city.

There is, cumuque, also the disadvantages, disadvantages to be taken into account with LPG systems poorly distributed throughout Italy and the absence of self-service, you can park a plan as much as possible safety, the engine and performance in general are less brilliant and for long trips outside the city the good alternative

Methane and new models 2018, who wants to be the leader of the sector

There is a third road than the clbadic diesel-fueled and gasoline-powered cars that have been around for a long time. This is the methane, compared to which Seat intends to push on the accelerator pedal and gain first place in the manufacturers' rankings. The reasons are quickly advanced: the Spanish group focuses on this market segment because it is considered sustainable in the long term. And demonstrating a willingness to be serious, going beyond the announcement policy, the Seat Martorell Technical Center is transformed into an international technology center for the development of technology for the group Volkswagen.

Not only because methane is considered a long-term strategy, but Seat is banking on methane technology for the simple reason that it is already on the market. As a result, the customer offer only needs to be improved and improved, which means that no major investment is needed to implement it. The reference goes naturally to the electrical who, despite good intentions, still struggling to take off, especially in Italy. Here, a second benefit is identified in the speed at which to refuel. The times are slightly higher than those required to fill the tank of diesel cars or gasoline.

According to President Luca De Meo, methane is not a bridge technology, but a concrete long-term alternative to gasoline and diesel. At the base of this choice, there are also environmental reasons, considering that cars are considered ecological and that the Earth still has reserves of methane that can be exploited for hundreds of years. According to figures released by Seat, if the car fleet in Spain reaches one million methane cars, carbon dioxide emissions would decrease by 1.2 million tonnes per year. Said in high terms, the savings for drivers would rise between 700 and 1,000 euros a year

The Seat and Volkswagen offensive with new models

The Seat restart is inspire last year 's data with a record profit. And then the intention of the car group is to launch two new models a year. From here at the end of the year, Tarraco and Cupeca Ateca will be the light, then it will be the turn of the double variant of the new Leon: the five doors and the ST. Not only that, but 2020 is the year of the first all-electric car with 500 kilometers of range and a level 2 autonomous driving, produced on the MEB platform of the Volkswagen Group. And to complete the circle Seat is ready to enrich its range with Crossover Utility Vehicle.

And if innovation is the trump of the future, Seat is honoring collaboration agreements already concluded with Amazon Alexa, Shazam, Waze, Telefonica and Saba. This means that the intention is to create a real connected car, in line with the most prevalent trends and based on the progress made by new technologies.

Biomethane, an almost arrived alternative, very soon

complicated to say what will be the future of cars. Many people will respond to electric cars or hydrogen, but the spills are very divided, and for electric cars, the problem of pollution remains the same, albeit less. So, here is who thought of further development and here is biomethane. And not a brand of any kind but the Volkswagen.

It should be pointed out immediately that the only ones who can currently use the Volkswagen biomethane are the employees of Sesa, a company from Este, in the province of Padua, where we could do this test on Polo and Golf models Tgi who currently use methane and who, in the equation that produces biomethane, also work with this fuel from recycling and wet waste from the kitchen.
So, biomethane can not be found at the distributor because it is not allowed by law, but it moves to make it come too because the benefits are really numerous.
In the first place, these cars would become the absolute least polluting vehicles, even more than electric cars and there would be no problem of waste.
The cost of refueling would be absolutely small, with a cost that was cut in half by gasoline or diesel and by kilometers traveled. And yet, to be stressed, no technical changes should be made to the operation of natural gas wagons with biomethane.
Biomethane is produced through differentiated recycling, with 70 kg of kitchen waste, you can produce 4 kg of methane of which about 100 km are manufactured.
The cost, if there was a distribution network capillary should be less than 1 euro.

And also …

Quite true: Panda Natural Power is able to travel thousands of kilometers in peace and without collateral effects on the engine. The first test was the control of exhaust emissions on the chbadis dynamometer. The second is the engine performance check. And in both cases, the FCA technicians lit the green light. Ongoing experimentation reveals the new record reached by the eco-car fueled by the biomethane derived from the water cycle. Time plays the whole role of the Fiat Panda special because it is now a year since the start of the tests and the prospects – in case of confirmation of the conditions – can only be brilliant. We are talking about a car that makes biofuel from wastewater, biombad waste of agricultural origin or the organic fraction of municipal solid waste from separate collection, its vital force

. the impact on the environment would be extraordinarily weak. Fiat Panda then travels only with biomethane produced by the CAP Group's purification plant in Bresso-Niguarda, Milan. His tour continues unabated, as exactly one year ago he left Mirafiori Motor Village in Turin for the launch of the project which also includes LifeGate, the Italian network for sustainable development. It is interesting to note that refueling is done thanks to the gas produced by the Bresso-Niguarda treatment plant which collects wastewater from the municipalities of Paderno Dugnano, Cormano, Cusano Milanino and Cinisello Balsamo, involving nearly 300,000 people.

Fca wants to know how the benefits of methane obtained from renewable sources are numerous and real, even beyond Panda Natural Power. At first, we are talking about an almost inexhaustible source capable of guaranteeing levels of pollutant emissions and greenhouse gases at the exhaust and certainly not comparable to those cars that we see every day on the roads. Secondly, in light of the production cycle and the use of fuel, its impact on the environment is comparable to that of electric cars powered by renewable energies. The use of biomethane does not require modifications to cars fueled by methane or the distribution network. It is therefore easy to understand how it can improve the environmental performance of the entire fleet and not just new vehicles.

Finally, the success of the Panda Natural Power project reduces dependence on oil and creates jobs in the supply chain. national, contributes to the economic sustainability of farms and livestock, facilitates the efficient reuse of waste and, if it is obtained from sewage – still underlined by FCA parties – allows a reduction of the local tax on waste .

19659003] The charm of diesel engines manages to attract less and less buyers of cars. Which are now decidedly decided on hybrid models. Those who have dual power to be clear. This trend reversal is confirmed by market figures that speak of a drop of nearly 4 points over the first 4 months of the year for diesel cars and a simultaneous increase in sales of Hybrid models: + 53% in April and + 37.8% in total. The boom of hybrids in the intentions of potential buyers can also be explained by an offer that is certainly now richer than in the recent past and that continues to grow. However, Toyota is monopolizing its sales of hybrids, the first manufacturer to have industrialized bi-fuel, but today it has also removed all diesel versions of the Italian price lists.

In the special clbadification of the most popular hybrid models there are important confirmations and some surprises. The most popular models are the models of automakers who have long been investing in hybrid models. Toyota, especially the luxury brand Lexus, certainly plays the lion's share in the hybrid and hybrid plug-ins sector. Indeed, the models already available on the market are fifteen in number, including seven with the Toyota brand. On the other hand, the whole Lexus range is hybrid. The Yaris, which has conquered the youth of the last twenty years, continues to arouse great appreciation probably because it allows the free movement of closed centers to traffic. As for Lexus, the compact NX SUV is the most popular. For the electric car sector, we can not speak of success, remaining in the field of performance, which benefits from the new model of the Nissan, or the Leaf that has not yet exploded in terms of sales. The three hundred units sold in April, a little more than a thousand instead of the beginning of the year, can not indeed satisfy the Japanese home that aims high.

Among other automakers struggling with the challenge of & # 39; Porsche Hybrid gave up substantial sales quotas especially Macan and Cayenne models. The choice also for Porsche is to focus on the hybrid and it is so that after the Cayenne, Cayenne also has a new E-Hybrid version that is the plug-in hybrid. To try to cope with the "squadron" Toyota, it is above all the two Korean brands Hyundai and Kia with their hybrid models: respectively Ioniq and Niro. In the top ten of hybrid sales in Italy, there are four Toyota models and among others the top four places, Yaris, C-HR, Rav4 and Auris, while the Lexus NX is the only premium car in the rankings but there are also two Suzuki, the Ignis and the Swift that offer a "soft hybrid" electrification, the 48-volt one that other automakers are embracing, including many premium car companies like Audi .