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Pssht, want some excise free Irish motoring in a VW Golf?

  • 23-10-2018 6:45am
    #1
    Bigus
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    Fill your 2019 golf from the mains gas , just don't forget to tell revenue , although I think the budget encourages CNG motoring.

    From autocar
    VW has already released details of the Golf’s 1.5-litre TGI Evo natural gas engine, production of which starts this year. Based on the 1.5-litre TSI engine, the TGI unit uses the same Miller cycle valve timing and a variable geometry turbocharger. It develops 129bhp and 148lb ft from 1400rpm when installed in the Golf Mk7. VW claims that this engine emits about 93g/km of CO2 on the NEDC cycle when it is hooked up to the standard- issue dual-clutch gearbox. Natural gas engines are also lower in NOx and particulate emissions than diesel and cars can be refilled from the gas mains network via small wall-mounted compressors. However, the lack of a natural gas infrastructure in the UK means this variant is unlikely to reach these shores.

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/new-volkswagen-golf-head-upmarket-and-pack-advanced-tech


Comments

  • #2
    tossy
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    So the Germans are going back to the gas....


  • #3
    0lddog
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    Bigus wrote: »
    ............ However, the lack of a natural gas infrastructure in the UK means this variant is unlikely to reach these shores.....




    How is that assertion not untrue just complete rubbish ?


  • #4
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭Bigus


    0lddog wrote: »
    How is that assertion not untrue just complete rubbish ?

    It could well be true that the UK hasn't got a good natural gas infrastructure, and the article is from a uk based magazine, but that doesn't mean it's not coming to Ireland where we have a better supply.


  • #5
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Bigus wrote: »
    It could well be true that the UK hasn't got a good natural gas infrastructure, and the article is from a uk based magazine, but that doesn't mean it's not coming to Ireland where we have a better supply.

    How do we have a better supply?
    They've had gas piped into houses for donkeys in the UK.


  • #6
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭Bigus


    demanufactured wrote: »
    How do we have a better supply?
    They've had gas piped into houses for donkeys in the UK.

    Natural Gas is the key point I think.


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  • #7
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Audi have G-Tron , Renault are selling CNG cars in Asia, and Circle K here will be rolling out CNG pumps at (some of) it's stations during 2019/20

    Be it CNG / LPG / LNG / H2 , big oil will get behind it, lots more money to be made from fossil fuels than electricity.


  • #8
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    tossy wrote: »
    So the Germans are going back to the gas....

    well played


  • #9
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    tossy wrote: »
    So the Germans are going back to the gas....

    They’ll be lining up for this in Poland.


  • #10
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    amcalester wrote: »
    They’ll be lining up for this in Poland.

    I get the joke, .. but lpg is still popular in Poland.


  • #11
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    amcalester wrote: »
    They’ll be lining up for this in Poland.

    Yeap, sure.
    We're just waiting for new VW dealer opening near Auschwitz.


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  • #12
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    I seem to remember tgi vws in Italy already on sale.


  • #13
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,719 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    CiniO wrote: »
    Yeap, sure.
    We're just waiting for new VW dealer opening near Auschwitz.

    WE GET IT, IT WAS TASTELESS AND UNFUNNY THE FIRST TIME.


  • #14
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    WE GET IT, IT WAS TASTELESS AND UNFUNNY THE FIRST TIME.

    He is Polish you know...


  • #15
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭Bigus


    mikeecho wrote: »
    Audi have G-Tron , Renault are selling CNG cars in Asia, and Circle K here will be rolling out CNG pumps at (some of) it's stations during 2019/20

    Be it CNG / LPG / LNG / H2 , big oil will get behind it, lots more money to be made from fossil fuels than electricity.

    I think you're all missing the point , I can see the odd fella having a covert natural gas compressor at the house , thereby avoiding excise, which is the biggest cost of any transport fuel in Ireland bar electricity. A bit like green diesel without the green .


  • #16
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Bigus wrote: »
    I think you're all missing the point , I can see the odd fella having a covert natural gas compressor at the house , thereby avoiding excise, which is the biggest cost of any transport fuel in Ireland bar electricity. A bit like green diesel without the green .

    This guy ....

    3fa94.png


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