CNG and LPG Vehicle Market Sales Predicted to Shoot-Up in Coming Years

The global compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicle market attained sales of 56.2 million vehicles in 2019. According to the forecast of P&S Intelligence, a market research company, the market size will reach 102.3 million units by 2030. Furthermore, the market will progress at a CAGR of 5.9% between 2020 and 2030. The growing usage of clean-energy vehicles and the ability of LPG and CNG vehicles to replace traditional vehicles are the main market growth drivers.

Additionally, the low running costs of these vehicles are also contributing heavily toward the boom of the CNG and LPG vehicle market. Automobiles that run on LPG and CNG have lower running costs than the diesel and gasoline-based vehicles. This is because of the lower costs of LPG and CNG than diesel and gasoline. The cost of CNG ranges from around $1.50 to $2.80 per gallon in Europe, registering a reduction of as much as 40–75% in fuel cost.

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Depending on fuel type, the CNG and LPG vehicle market is classified into LPG and CNG. Of these, the CNG category recorded higher growth in the market in the past and it is predicted to demonstrate faster growth in the forthcoming years. This is credited to the burgeoning deployment of CNG vehicles, particularly in the emerging economies of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The market is further categorized, based on fuel type, into light and heavy-duty trucks, bus, and passenger cars.

On the other hand, the market is predicted to exhibit the fastest growth in the Latin America, Middle East, and Africa (LAMEA) region in the upcoming years. This will be because of the fact that the emerging economies in this region such as Argentina and Brazil are providing lucrative growth opportunities for the LPG and CNG vehicle market players, because of the surging purchasing power of the people and the subsequent rise in the per capita spending on personal transportation in the region.

Hence, it can be said with full confidence that the market will grow substantially all over the world in the upcoming years, primarily because of the increasing public preference of environment-friendly fuel sources and the lower operating costs of CNG and LPG-based automobiles.