First of all, it should be known that no gas vehicle can be converted and carry the decal.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or autogas has become a ‘clean’ alternative to petrol and diesel. With these latest fuels, a simple conversion makes it possible to obtain the DGT Ecolabel and thus ‘circumvent’ the restrictions that came into force on 1 January 2023 with the Low Emission Zones (ZB).
First of all, it should be known that no vehicle can be converted to gas and display this decal. “The Ministry limits this transformation to petrol models that meet the Euro 4 standard and are registered from the year 2006, and Euro 6 diesel, registered from the years 2016-2017,” he emphasizes.
javier navarropresident of Astrave, Association of Vehicle Transformers.
«The transformation – an LPG ‘kit’ is installed: tank, gas injectors and atomizer – must be carried out in a specialized and duly authorized workshop for this type of conversion, so that the customer can ensure that all the quality and safety standards required by a transformed vehicle when it comes to passing the ITV,” explains Navarro. Plus, they’ll be the ones to offer a two-year or 100,000-mile warranty on both labor and equipment.
Then both the workshop itself and the customer can pass the ITV for approval, requiring “three certificates: the workshop, as the transformation has been done correctly; a leak certificate, where the workshop takes responsibility and declares that the circuit is closed and has no leaks; and the one issued by a laboratory approved by the ministry,” he adds.
Therefore in the technical sheet they provide at the end of the ITV it will already be an official LPG powered vehicle. This data has already been crossed with the DGT, and the Ecolabel can now be requested at any office of the organization, Post Office and agency with a price of 5 euros.
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transformation has higher costs. “The price for a four-cylinder petrol model with indirect injection, including taxes and approval, is around 1,500 euros – with a maximum price of up to 2,300 euros in the case of larger engines such as 6- and 8-cylinder engines.
In the case of diesel, the range is greater, between 1,900 and 2,500 euros, since the management and development of this type of engine are more difficult,” emphasizes Navarro, concluding that “in a petrol model over 20,000 kilometers the investment has already been amortized as this conversion saves up to 40% fuel”.
Source: La Verdad
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