Iran: IKCO to begin gasoline/CNG hybrid car production; national fuel saving need claimed
Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) will begin production of dual fuel gasoline/compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid cars from late July to reduce fuel consumption in the country.
Iran Khodro, the largest car manufacturer in both Iran and the Middle East, will begin selling the cars in the central province of Qazvin in 2008, according to Iran's Mehr News Agency.
The Tehran-based OEM will also begin operations of its CNG company, with a 250,000 tank capacity, in Qazvin in the next Iranian calendar year, beginning 21 March 2008. The OEM has already purchased 70,000 fuel tanks from a domestic company and has signed an agreement to buy an additional 300,000 tanks, Manuchehr Manteqi, the managing director of IKCO, notes. Manteqi says the two companies are also negotiating the supply of an additional 200,000 CNG tanks.
According to the Energy Information Administration, the Iranian refineries, with a combined capacity of 1.6 million barrels daily, currently produce gasoline from just 16% of that volume.
Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) will begin production of dual fuel gasoline/compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid cars from late July to reduce fuel consumption in the country.
Iran Khodro, the largest car manufacturer in both Iran and the Middle East, will begin selling the cars in the central province of Qazvin in 2008, according to Iran's Mehr News Agency.
The Tehran-based OEM will also begin operations of its CNG company, with a 250,000 tank capacity, in Qazvin in the next Iranian calendar year, beginning 21 March 2008. The OEM has already purchased 70,000 fuel tanks from a domestic company and has signed an agreement to buy an additional 300,000 tanks, Manuchehr Manteqi, the managing director of IKCO, notes. Manteqi says the two companies are also negotiating the supply of an additional 200,000 CNG tanks.
According to the Energy Information Administration, the Iranian refineries, with a combined capacity of 1.6 million barrels daily, currently produce gasoline from just 16% of that volume.



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