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CNG Conversion Plan Gains Momentum

The scheme to convert 1.46 million gasoline-powered public transport and commercial vehicles to CNG hybrids offers free of charge conversion services to drivers of such vehicles
CNG Conversion Plan Gains Momentum
CNG Conversion Plan Gains Momentum

Currently, 2,646 CNG filling stations are operating in Iran and the number of vehicles with hybrid CNG engines has surpassed 4.119 million.
According to the latest statistics released by the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, since the launch of a nationwide scheme to convert 1.46 million gasoline-powered public transport and commercial vehicles to compressed natural gas hybrids earlier this year, about 150,000 vehicles have been retrofitted and another 10,000 cars are on the waiting list, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
The scheme offers free of charge conversion services to drivers of taxis and commercial vehicles in the first phase.

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