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Pike Research forecasts global NGV sales to hit 3.2M units annually by 2016

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Iran and Pakistan are expected to rank second and third, respectively. More and more fleet managers are attracted to the lower fuel costs of natural gas, in addition to the opportunity to reduce their vehicles’ carbon footprint. CAGR between 2010 and 2016). China will see strong growth (20.8% Pike senior analyst Dave Hurst.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

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On a life-cycle basis this advantage is reduced, the MIT report notes, because the GHG emissions in production and distribution, including methane leakage, are greater for natural gas than for oil products. million bpd of oil. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Tcf/year, equivalent to 1.3

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Forecast: Global Natural Gas Vehicle Fleet to Reach 17 Million by 2015

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Conversely, in Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, and India—the top five markets for NGVs—there are a variety of light-duty NGVs available. The fuel has to be cheaper than gasoline/diesel to recover the additional cost of the vehicle within a reasonable amount of time. The reasons for NGV market growth vary for each country, according.

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Forecast: 17M Natural Gas Vehicles Worldwide by 2015

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The top five markets for NGVs are currently Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, and India. Despite growth of the market as a whole, the US NGV market is expected to remain dominated by fleet sales to government and commercial customers (89% of sales in 2015). to reach just over 3 million vehicles (including conversions) by 2015.

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Surge in natural gas vehicles predicted

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Currently, the top five markets for natural gas vehicles are Pakistan, Argentina, Iran, India and Brazil with Pike Research anticipating that India will be the fastest growing market at a rate of 18.4 It has also forecast that the market will grow globally at a rate of 5.5 per cent to reach just over three million vehicles by 2015.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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The Taj Resort was super duper expensive - black tea cost Rs. Our per capita dinner cost came to the same as black tea. Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. Cormorant feathers lack this oil and so need to be dried after every dive. 75 + taxes.

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