FG Clarifies Plan By Malaysia To Phase Out CNG Powered Vehicles Which Its Adopting
The Federal Government clarifies that Malaysia’s challenges with vehicle gas transitions highlight LPG safety issues, not CNG. Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke emphasized the risks of LPG in modified vehicles and concerns with aging CNG cylinders.
Even as Malaysia recorded unsuccessful transition from the Liquified Petroleum Gas, LPG to the CNG, the Federal Government has said that, "The Malaysian issue speaks more to the safety of LPG NOT safety of CNG," noting that the Malaysian Transport Minister, Anthony Loke, had in his original report over the issue, stated:
“There are also some car owners who have modified their vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, cylinders, which are very dangerous.”
According to the Federal Government, Loke,
also spoke about the safety of 15 year-old CNG cylinders.
These were contained titled, "Some clarification on the plan by Malaysia to phase out CNG powered vehicles."
The statement read, "NGV covers both CNG and LPG. Nigeria in its transition has adopted CNG ONLY not both because of LPG valid safety and cost concerns
"Malaysia basically had an unsuccessful transition away from costly and dirtier petrol and diesel.
"Conversion of 45,000 vehicles in 15 years (less than 0.2%) is not enviable unlike India, China, Iran and Egypt.
"The end of 15 year CNG tank cycle means they need to replace tanks and it was easier/cheaper to scrap their program and continue with their petrol than to do so if they had not built tank manufacturing capacity which Nigeria is already developing in year one."
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