Yutong CNG bus guarantees transporters’ ROI - Kojo Motors

WITH THE PUMP PRICE OF DIESEL HITTING THE ROOFTOP AND COST OF PET ROL CREATING DEEP HOLES IN THE BALANCE SHEETS OF TRANSPORT operators and logistics providers, Kojo Motors, owners of Yutong range of buses, said it is providing cost-effective alternatives to the motoring public with the planned introduction and exhibition of Yutong passenger buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) at the ongoing Abuja Motor Fair holding inside the International Conference Centre Annex, Abuja.

By simple definition, compressed natural gas (CNG) is a natural gas under pressure that remains clear, odourless and noncorrosive.

Although vehicles can use natural gas as either a liquid or a gas, most vehicles use the gaseous form, compressed to about 218 kg/cm2.

CNG can be used as an alternative to conventional petrol and diesel fuels.

According to the manufacturers of Yutong, the 10-metre CNG interand intra-city commercial passenger bus is coming into the Nigerian market with numerous advantages. CNG is about 50 percent cheaper than petrol.

Under test conditions (no congestion, good road condition), without air conditioning, when the speed is 24km/h, the 100km gas consumption is 41 cubic metres. of petrol by the government, which has led to increase in the domestic pump prices in recent times.

At the 2021 Africa Regional Commonwealth Heads of Government Roundtable chaired by the then Prince Charles, President Muhammadu Buhari reminded the world of Nigeria’s plan to replace petrol with CNG.

While reiterating Nigeria’s commitment to a just transition to net zero-emission, President Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, said, “We also have our Natural Gas Expansion Programme. This is where we are using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in order to replace the use of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), and this is going on now. We are actually trying to fit and retrofit existing petrol stations so that the use of cleaner fossil fuels will replace it.”

Furthermore, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is encouraging Nigerians to embrace the use of CNG in their automobiles as alternative to petrol.

DPR said the use of CNG which is cheaper, safer, environmentfriendly and in abundance in the country would reduce the dependency on petrol.