Southeast Asia Natural gas vehicle

1 southeast asia

1.1 thailand
1.2 malaysia
1.3 singapore
1.4 indonesia

southeast asia


a cng powered hino ru1jssl bus, operated bmta in thailand.


thailand

thailand has on 15 years run autogas taxi cabs in bangkok, though autos , buses had erroneously labelled ngv stickers on them, when in fact, lpg fuelled.

in view of generous supply of natural gas relying on imported oil, thailand government heavily promoted alternative fuels lpg, natural gas , ethanol replace gasoline beginning around 2003, yet ngv slow take off due cheaper lpg fuel, pre-existing lpg fleet, , low conversion cost of local lpg conversion shops compared factory installed cng or conversion. significant effort taken when state-controlled oil company ptt pcl built network of natural gas refueling stations. cost of subsidy estimated @ us$150 million in 2008.

as price of oil climbed rapidly, estimated more 40,000 new cars , trucks powered natural-gas purchased in 6 months in 2008, including many buses. year, half of taxi fleet in bangkok used lpg, , prodded convert cng, little success. since 2008, there has been government arm-twisting switch lpg cng, rollout of cng stations near bangkok around 2007 , upcountry in 2010, @ times replacing lpg stations. operators of used vehicles have balked @ massive conversion cost (up quadruple of lpg in thailand), given thailand s strong ultra-competitive domestic lpg conversion industry, retail cng fuel cost (one , half times). thailand had 700,000 lpg fueled vehicles, , 300,000 cng fueled, 1,000 lpg stations , 600 cng of 2011. demand has increased 26% on 2011 cng in thailand. of end of 2012, thailand has 1,014,000 lpg fueled vehicles, , consumed 606,000 tonnes in 2012 of lpg, while 483 stations serve 380,000 cng vehicles., showing lpg conversion continues enjoy heavy favor on ngvs despite massive government push cng. cng vehicles more bought factory installed while lpg aftermarket conversion. lng vehicles in thailand non-existent except lorries.

ngv proton iswara taxi in malaysia


malaysia

in malaysia, use of compressed natural gas introduced taxicabs , airport limousines during late-1990s, when new taxis launched ngv engines while taxicab operators encouraged send in existing taxis full engine conversions, reducing costs of operation. vehicle converted use cng labelled white rhombus ngv (natural gas vehicle) tags, lending common use of ngv when referring road vehicles cng engine. practice of using cng remained largely confined taxicabs predominantly in klang valley , penang due lack of interest. no incentives offered besides taxicab owners use cng engines, while government subsidies on petrol , diesel made conventional road vehicles cheaper use in eyes of consumers. petronas, malaysia s state-owned oil company, monopolises provision of cng road users. of july 2008, petronas operates 150 cng refueling stations, of concentrated in klang valley. @ same time, 50 expected end of 2008.

as fuel subsidies gradually removed in malaysia starting june 5, 2008, subsequent 41% price hike on petrol , diesel led 500% increase in number of new cng tanks installed. national car maker proton considered fitting waja, saga , persona models cng kits prins autogassystemen end of 2008, while local distributor of locally assembled hyundai cars offers new models cng kits. conversion centres, benefited rush lower running costs, perform partial conversions existing road vehicles, allowing them run on both petrol or diesel , cng cost varying between rm3,500 rm5,000 passenger cars.

a cng powered volvo b10ble bus, operated sbs transit in singapore.


singapore

there 400 cng-fueled vehicles in singapore in mid-2007, of 110 taxis operated smart automobile. february 2008, number has risen 520 cng vehicles, of half taxis. vehicles had refuel @ sole cng station operated sembcorp gas , located on jurong island until opening of first publicly accessible cng station @ mandai in 2008, operated smart automobile. company plans build 4 stations 2011, time company projects operate 3,000 4,000 cng taxis, , 10,000 cng public , commercial vehicles of other types on singapore s roads. sembcorp gas opened second cng station week after mandai station @ jalan buroh.

indonesia

cng unheard of transport fuel before 2010 in archipelago except in jakarta, relatively minor number of vehicles, notably transjakarta buses, use fuel. however, since 2010 there has been government emphasis push usage of cng not vehicle fuel, domestic consumption on wood burning (which can produce deadly methanol) , kerosene.