Maruti Suzuki India has launched the updated 2025 Maruti Suzuki Eeco in the Indian market starting from Rs 5.7 lakh (ex-showroom). The 2025 model gets additional safety features and redesigned seating arrangements and all variants of the Eeco now come standard with six airbags. Additionally, the previous 7-seat version has been replaced by a newly introduced 6-seat configuration. Interested customers can book the MPV online or by visiting their nearest dealership, Deliveries are expected to begi...

Governor Sanwo-Olu inspect one of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered vehicles on display at Lagos State Energy Summit. The CNG-powered vehicles were converted by the Lagos State Government-owned IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC). Gesture underscores the LASG’s openness to sustainable transport solutions aimed at reducing emissions and lower costs. According to PCNGi, over 30,000 vehicles have now been successfully converted to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Lagos State Governor...

To enhance the operational efficiency of Federal Road Safety Corps, LASG has injected 2 trucks into FRSC fleet. The two operational vehicles comprises one Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered vehicle and one Petrol-powered vehicle. FRSC assured that the vehicles will be deployed strategically and maintained effectively to achieve the goal of safer motoring within the state. The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), has handed over two operational vehicles t...

File picture of autorickshaws and their drivers in New Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The draft of electric vehicle (EV) policy 2.0, which is likely to be announced soon by the Delhi government, recommends the phasing out of CNG-driven autorickshaws, officials said on Monday. As per the draft EV Policy 2.0, no CNG autorickshaw registration will be allowed from August 15 this year. The CNG auto permits will not be renewed from August 15 this year and all such permits will be substituted...

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) has attracted over $491 million in investments into Nigeria’s AutoCNG sector, creating more than 84,000 jobs within the past year. This was disclosed by the Programme Coordinator, Michael Oluwagbemi, while addressing journalists at the State House on Monday. According to Oluwagbemi, over 9,000 direct jobs and 75,000 indirect jobs have been created as part of the push to transition Nigeria’s automotive ecosystem to cleaner and more af...

The Benue State chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has issued a stern warning to Governor Hyacinth Alia over what it describes as the alarming rate of killings and kidnappings in Otukpo and Gwer West Local Government Areas and other parts of the state. In a statement issued on Sunday by the State Coordinator of CNG, Daniel Okwa, the group expressed its sadness and concerns over the situation as well as the government’s inadequate response to the growing wave of violence, and u...