Kaliningrad Avtotor plant, St. Petersburg International Gas Forum introduced a BAIC U5 Plus vehicle equipped with gas cylinder equipment. This was reported in the publication Avtotor, picked up by socialbites.ca.
The car was produced in cooperation with Gazprom Gas Engine Systems as part of pilot production. In addition to the standard gas tank, the Chinese sedan is equipped with two cylinders for compressed methane with a volume of 39 liters each. The cylinders took up space in the spare wheel niche, so there is no “spare” part of the U5 throttle, it was replaced by a repair kit.
The note that the car is a dual-fuel vehicle is already included in the PTS: when registering with the traffic police, the installation of gas equipment does not require additional approval. A pilot batch of 20 vehicles has been assembled at Avtotor and certification of the production process is currently ongoing.
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