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Peru will have 85,000 cars that run on natural gas by December

LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

About 77,000 cars have been adapted to  run on Vehicular Natural Gas (GNV in Spanish) in Peru, and it is expected that this figure will rise up to 85,000 by the end of this year, said Jorge Juárez, President of the Peruvian Chamber of Vehicular Natural Gas.

These figures are very close to the 90,000 conversions that were foreseen, while the number of these conversions during 2008 was 57,419.

The average number of conversions per month is between 2,000 and 2,500 vehicles.

Juárez also stated that the granting of loans for these conversions continues without difficulties, and some S/. 80 million soles will have been used for this purpose by the end of this year.

 The average cost of converting a car into the GNV system in Peru is US $1,000 or US $ 1,200.

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# David N says :
5 October, 2009 [ 16:10 ]

Yeah put a bomb in your trunk what a great idea.

# Anonymous Dave says :
5 October, 2009 [ 18:27 ]

Foolish little boy,

If you can detonate one of these canastors (near idential to those used in US and Euro cars factory-produced for GNV) I'll give you $5000 in cash.

And I don't mean to scare you, but gasoline, the stuff you have gallons of with you when you drive your car, is flamable. I hear in undeveloped countries like the US people have to pump their own gas and get up to all sorts of life-ending fun. Boom!

# David N says :
6 October, 2009 [ 17:50 ]

Yeah well good luck with that but I don't think you've had much experience with mechanics in Peru.  They don't have the first clue what they're doing.  Like I'm going to let some halfwit incompetent Peruvian mechanic rig up some system in my Jeep Grand Cherokee that just set me back 40k.  Not a chance...they can't fix anything right down here. 

I prefer to pump my own gas...in Peru I always get out of the vehicle and watch what they're doing.  They're always dripping gas on the paint and forgetting to put the cap back on.  They should keep their mitts off my truck, it cost more than they'll make in their lifetime.

# Anonymous Dave says :
6 October, 2009 [ 22:08 ]

Try sticking to what you know about. Tricky I know, but youll find something eventually.

# David N says :
7 October, 2009 [ 07:50 ]

Filled up yesterday and paid $1 more a gallon than back home.  In Peru I get to pay for the privilege of watching someone put gas in my Jeep...and the pumps just like the scales in the mercados are probably not even callibrated correctly so I get ripped off.  No thanks...I can do it myself and put that hard earned money back in the bank.  Lots of taxes on the fuel down here...sure not reflected in the road conditions.


But come to think of it probably best if there's no self service here in PE.  The average driver here doesn't have the first clue how to correctly operate a motor vehicle so it's highly unlikely they'd be able to figure out how to operate a gas pump.

     

# Anonymous Dave says :
7 October, 2009 [ 12:53 ]

Are you saying that Peruvians are not excellent drivers?

They seem smart enough to have worked out that the "go button" is the one in the middle of the steering wheel.

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