November 14, 2025. For a 60-day pilot period, the urban passenger transport service of the Municipality of San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, incorporated, as a pilot test, the first unit powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) through the Santa Ana company.
The presentation of the new bus took place in the parking lot of the Health Track and was attended by the President of the City Council, Lisandro Aguiar; the Secretary of Public Services, Guillermo Marenco; and the owner of the company, Jorge Castelli.
During the event, Aguiar expressed his satisfaction with the incorporation of this experimental unit and highlighted that the initiative “is part of the process of preparing the tender specifications for public passenger transport in the coming years.”
“We consider it essential to test these new technologies that generate less pollution and reduce gas emissions into the environment. The idea is to evaluate their performance on the city’s various bus lines and, based on that experience, move towards a service renewal with sustainable investments for the capital,” he added.
For his part, Marenco emphasized that “we continue to incorporate technology and seek to optimize the urban transport system.”
He explained that the trial, which will last 60 days, will allow them to “carry out the necessary tests to identify adjustments or improvements, and add those results to the public consultation being promoted by the City Council in the lead-up to the new transport tender. We hope to obtain comprehensive conclusions that will allow us, once the bidding process is complete, to have a system that better meets the needs of users,” the official concluded.
In turn, Castelli noted that “we have incorporated this vehicle for a 60-day trial period, during which we will evaluate the costs and the unit’s adaptation to the city’s different terrains.”
The businessman also emphasized that “this is a vehicle that pollutes less and contributes to cleaner, healthier air.”
Castelli expressed his expectation that the experience will be positive, stating, “We want to move towards a fleet with more units of this type, although this implies a significant investment, since we would need our own refueling station and to acquire new buses. It’s a real possibility in the country, and we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to test and evaluate it. Our intention is to migrate to CNG,” he affirmed.
