Maruti Udyog Limited in association with Suzuki has swept the car industry in India for the past 25 years. In this moment of achievement, the company is making plans to introduce dual –fuel engine combining the petrol and CNG. If the move materializes, the vehicle owners will be blessed with a saving up to three-fourth in their regular fuel cost. When the R&D launches such an engine, it will have the efficiency of multi-point fuel injection technology in CNG mode by wiping out the loss of power and will add efficiency of retro-fitted CNG engines. The current CNG engines supply the fuel in single flow sacrificing the multi-point being of the engine. The new variant will give the driver a better pick-up and savings in terms of fuel.
The new technology works on the process- the gas gets injected into the engine through multiple points for better exploitation of fuel. The gas injectors will be in direct contact with the engine by spraying the CNG enabling higher pick up and reduced consumption. Maruti’s new engines will give better performance than the new generation petrol cars throwing away the doubts of slow start and less performance. The current practice of fitting the CNG kits is done externally after the dispatch from the factory. The cars which get such fixtures include Maruti Alto, Hyundai Santro, Hyundai Accent and Toyota Innova. Further advantage of the new breed will be decrease in emission due to improved burning of fuel. Hence the engines will meet the norms of Bharat Standard IV. However, the only disadvantage is the extra pricing due to the import of injectors. Maruti’s move is the outcome of its feedback received against the hybrid and electric cars for their high cost.
Hyundai recently had to throw away its Civic cars at a discounted price as the Indian customers were not willing to pay the extra price incurred. The condition with the Bangalore based electric vehicles company Reva Electricals could muster the sale of only a few hundred units because of the flaws in charging the vehicles. Thus, Maruti is ensuring the consistent supply of CNG by negotiating with RIL and Gail to go in for installation of pipeline networks. In future, CNG will become the most affordable and feasible fuel in the country, as the government has already made steps in this regard with CNG supply network of 202 cities in another few years. This will cover almost 50% of the vehicles operated in the country. CNG is at present available in chosen cities –Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.Maruti Udyog Limited in association with Suzuki has swept the car industry in India for the past 25 years. In this moment of achievement, the company is making plans to introduce dual –fuel engine combining the petrol and CNG. If the move materializes, the vehicle owners will be blessed with a saving up to three-fourth in their regular fuel cost. When the R&D launches such an engine, it will have the efficiency of multi-point fuel injection technology in CNG mode by wiping out the loss of power and will add efficiency of retro-fitted CNG engines. The current CNG engines supply the fuel in single flow sacrificing the multi-point being of the engine. The new variant will give the driver a better pick-up and savings in terms of fuel.
The new technology works on the process- the gas gets injected into the engine through multiple points for better exploitation of fuel. The gas injectors will be in direct contact with the engine by spraying the CNG enabling higher pick up and reduced consumption. Maruti’s new engines will give better performance than the new generation petrol cars throwing away the doubts of slow start and less performance. The current practice of fitting the CNG kits is done externally after the dispatch from the factory. The cars which get such fixtures include Maruti Alto, Hyundai Santro, Hyundai Accent and Toyota Innova. Further advantage of the new breed will be decrease in emission due to improved burning of fuel. Hence the engines will meet the norms of Bharat Standard IV. However, the only disadvantage is the extra pricing due to the import of injectors. Maruti’s move is the outcome of its feedback received against the hybrid and electric cars for their high cost.
Hyundai Honda recently had to throw away its Civic cars at a discounted price as the Indian customers were not willing to pay the extra price incurred. The condition with the Bangalore based electric vehicles company Reva Electricals could muster the sale of only a few hundred units because of the flaws in charging the vehicles. Thus, Maruti is ensuring the consistent supply of CNG by negotiating with RIL and Gail to go in for installation of pipeline networks. In future, CNG will become the most affordable and feasible fuel in the country, as the government has already made steps in this regard with CNG supply network of 202 cities in another few years. This will cover almost 50% of the vehicles operated in the country. CNG is at present available in chosen cities –Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
