Maruti Suzuki CNG penetration in total sales
Maruti Suzuki CNG Retail Sales (in units)
The prices of petrol and diesel have increased in the last 10 days and the total increase now stands at INR 6.40 per litre.“Apart from that the number of CNG stations have also doubled in the past two years from about 1500 to over 3000 and its penetration has also increased from 140 cities two years ago to 253 cities now.” he said. CNG can also become a good stop-gap arrangement for the automakers to meet the upcoming second phase of CAFE (CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency) norms.The Phase 1 of the CAFE norms requires average corporate CO2 emissions to be less than 130 gm/km. In Phase II, emissions, effective from tomorrow, need to be further reduced to less than 113 gm/km.
Total CNG stations and CNG cities
The safety and quality concern has been a big challenge for CNG which has changed now. “Earlier a lot of retrofitted CNG cars were sold and they had quality challenges. After the BS-VI implementation only company-fitted CNG cars were sold which boosted the customer sentiment toward CNG vehicles,” Srivastava said.According to sources Tata Motors has sold about 10,000 CNG cars in just three months after their launch in January 2022.
CNG variants of passenger vehicles are witnessing growing demand. However, if a proposal by MoRTH to allow retro fitment of CNG kits in BSVI vehicles is passed then it may hamper sales of vehicles with factory-fitted CNG kits. The draft notification also proposes the replacement of the in-use diesel engine with a CNG engine. Both proposals are for vehicles with a GVW of less than 3.5 tonnes. Narrowing of the price difference between CNG and petrol/diesel could also hamper demand for CNG vehicles. However, for now, it’s a case of making hay while the sun shines, for OEMs.
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