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Recognizing there is a strong, reliable domestic supply of compressed natural gas (CNG), Toyota has launched a new concept vehicle – the CNG Camry Hybrid – at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. To convert a stock Camry Hybrid to a CNG vehicle, the gasoline fuel system was replaced with a CNG system that includes a pair of CNG tanks installed in the spare-tire well of the vehicle’s trunk. Because it now lacks a spare tire, the CNG Camry Hybrid rolls on runflat tires.
With the proposed CNG equivalent of 8 gallons of gasoline in its tanks, the estimated range of the CNG Camry Hybrid is more than 250 miles. Toyota has reiterated that natural gas also produces lower particulate emissions and lower levels of nitrous oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and non-methane organic gasses (NMOG) when compared with gasoline, and in so doing greatly reduces potential wear and tear on an engine fueled by it.
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