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#41
TonyWalsham said:
I have been using Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) for many years in my cars. They have all been fitted with the USA made Impco LPG system. Although the mileage is a bit less than petrol, LPG does burn cleaner than straight petrol. It is also a whole lot less expensive than petrol here in Australia. Between 1/3rd and 1/2 the cost of petrol at the pump. Australia has a LOT!!!! of LPG. Hyundai is developing a hybrid LPG/Electric vehicle that will be an instant hit when it is released.

BTW. There are quite a number of public transport buses running around here in Australia powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).


In the US our own government is responsible for the failure to convert to alternate fuels like CNG.
As it is against the law “to tamper with emissions devices”. All conversion parts must be EPA approved for each model of vehicle. This is a time consuming and expensive process. In CA you have to get CARB certification also.
So the number of approved kits for both LPG and CNG are very limited. If you drive a late model pick up truck, a kit is likely available.
Drive most anything else and if a kit is available it probably isn’t legal.
Ralph

#42

Whilst I will not comment on domestic USA Guvmint policies, I find it hard to believe that no conversions take place in the USA.

Impco USA http://www.impco.ws/

Here in Australia modern cars have pretty well the same types of exhaust emission control technologies as those in the USA. Conversion to LPG is permitted when installed by qualified personnel. In fact our Federal Government was subsidising these conversions.

#43
TonyWalsham said:
Whilst I will not comment on domestic USA Guvmint policies, I find it hard to believe that no conversions take place in the USA.

Impco USA http://www.impco.ws/

Here in Australia modern cars have pretty well the same types of exhaust emission control technologies as those in the USA. Conversion to LPG is permitted when installed by qualified personnel. In fact our Federal Government was subsidising these conversions.


Conversions take place. Just not as many. You have to have each car/truck model conversion kit certified by the EPA. Trucks seem to lead the way with models having certified kits available. Some conversions were done on medium duty trucks prior to this model year where they now also have strict emission standards.
Some conversions take place for “farm” use. The standards don’t apply to “off Road” use either.
Ralph