January 23, 2017 | Bolivia, La Paz  Bolivia’s Implementing Entity [for] Conversion to Natural Gas Vehicles (EEC-GNV), an agency of the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy, is planning a program of 20,000 conversions of vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas. “We have already acquired the cylinders and kits for moving to our regional warehouses and will then distribute them to the conversion workshops,” said EEC-GNV Executive Director Alejandra Huaylla. The purpose of the EEC-NGV is to contribute to the change of the energy matrix in the Bolivian vehicle fleet, working on the mass use of NGV. “For the present management we have programmed to promote the re-qualification program, as a result of the implementation of the conversion program that is being carried out. It is necessary to meet the growing demand for cylinder re-qualification and maintenance of kits to carry out more than 36,600 services throughout the country,” the authority explained. Since the creation of the EEC-CNG management entity in 2010, to date more than 135,000 converted vehicles were achieved. Special emphasis is placed on the public transportation sector. (Source: EEC-GNV) 玻利维亚的天然气汽车转换应用部，一个属于政府烃类能源应用的机构（EEC-GNV），近期正在计划发展20，000辆压缩天然气汽车。EEC-GNV的首席执行官Alejandra Huaylla说到，“我们已经准备好并收到了钢瓶以及转化套件，现在开始将仓库里原有的车辆开始进行改装工作。” EEC-NGV的目的是发展玻利维亚的可替代能源汽车的总数，扩大天然气汽车的应用范围。 当局负责人说到：“目前我们需要做的工作是，提升检查和鉴别需要改装汽车的能力，作为能够最终推行此项改装计划的最终目标。必须要使得不断增长的要改装和保养的汽车的要求，与全国超过36，600的有改装潜力的汽车相适应。 自从EEC-CNG管理部门从2010年成立以来，已经进行了135，000辆汽车的改装工作，特别需要强调的是，这些汽车都在公共运输行业工作和服役。 |
