World
LPG Around The World
There are estimated to be over a billion vehicles in the world today. Over nine million of these use LPG as of 2005 (see table below) and the number is growing at a rate of 12-15% per year.
Globally, 8.1% of LPG produced is used as fuel for transport. 90% of Japans taxis run on LPG, 20-30% of all Armenian vehicles use the fuel. Many countries throughout Europe have a significant number of LPG drivers. The worlds largest user of LPG is South Korea which has 1.7 million LPG cars on the road.
Examining the global market is the best way to answer the critic who queries whether LPG will really ever take off - it has already spectacularly done so.
| Number of LPG Vehicles by Country 2003 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180,000 |
1,220,000 |
700,000 |
1,723,000 |
1,000,000 |
190,400 |
128,000 |
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| France | Italy | Mexico | South Korea | Turkey | USA | UK (2005) | |||||||
