CNG saves day for car owners hit by skyrocketing fuel price

Vehicle operational cost works to roughly one-third of that of petrol cars

The skyrocketing price of petrol and diesel has resulted in vast number of car owners retrofitting CNG kits in their vehicles, since their operational cost works to roughly one-third of that of petrol cars. The opening of around a dozen CNG-vending outlets in Ernakulam district, four in Thissur and two (one of them set for commissioning shortly) in Alappuzha, has further catalysed the shift to this alternative fuel. Among the early birds who opted for the retrofitment of CNG kit in their cars was Irshad Moopen, a city-based laywer. “I installed a CNG kit in my car three years ago when CNG cost ₹46 per kg, after the car had covered 60,000 km. Even as its price rose to ₹56 per kg, its fuel efficiency is over double that of petrol, while there was no adverse impact on the car’s performance.”