August 12, 2023. After more than 20 years of proven efficiency in terms of performance, economy and care for the environment, compressed natural gas (CNG) has managed to consolidate itself as the best ally of the transport sector in the country. According to an analysis carried out by the Colombian Natural Gas Association (NATURGAS), between January and July 2023, 10,304 conversions of vehicles to CNG were carried out in the national territory, 31% more than that carried out in the same period of the year 2022.
For this industry, this growth confirms the benefits in economy and efficiency that users of natural gas for vehicles are receiving in Colombia. This fuel has already surpassed two decades of transformation and development since its arrival in the year 2000, and today it has reached more than 645,000 successful vehicle conversions, confirming it as an effective and affordable alternative to achieve sustainable mobility in the country, not to mention the more than 4,500 units of new vehicles dedicated to natural gas that have entered the local market to contribute especially in the segment of heavy cargo and public passenger transport.
According to Luz Stella Murgas, President of Naturgas, “Natural gas is an energy source that can have a positive impact on the transformation of transport and contribute to its decarbonization, diversifying mobility alternatives for the benefit of air quality in cities and the people’s health. In addition, it provides tangible relief from fluctuations in the prices of other fuels, offering economy and efficiency for drivers.”
In Colombia, the development of vehicles with engines dedicated to CNG has occurred mainly in public passenger transport, which to date has more than 3,000 buses circulating in the country; and cargo transportation, which reaches 1,387 units, addressing the need to modernize the fleet in these segments, and reduce polluting emissions to contribute to the decarbonization of the planet.
