Expansion of natural gas mobility
02.05.2017
D he partners have now signed a joint declaration of intent with which they commit to expanding CNG mobility. In concrete figures, the commitment means that the number of natural gas filling stations is to increase from the current 900 to 2,000 by 2025. At the same time, the fleet of CNG-compatible vehicles is to be increased from currently around 100,000 to one million vehicles. The CNG expansion is also to be accelerated in other European countries.
The declaration was signed by the Volkswagen Group and E.ON Gas Mobil GmbH, Gazprom NGV Europe GmbH, Gazu GmbH, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, Open Grid Europe GmbH, Pitpoint BV and TOTAL Deutschland GmbH.
CNG instead of diesel
VW itself wants the CNG drive to play the role as a replacement for economical diesel engines in the long term. The company announced this at the Vienna Motor Symposium. The new Polo in the CNG variant should play a key role in this. When it comes to corrosion on gas tanks, the carmaker wants to take all the worries out of its customers - the tanks will be made of carbon fiber laminate in the future. They will continue to run until 2026, but will be melted off from 2024. While gasoline is currently taxed at 65.5 cents /liter and diesel at 47 cents /liter, Group H natural gas is 18.3 cents /kg. The tax on liquefied gas is currently 9.1 cents /liter.
