According to the National Federation of Road Transport, the increase in the price of natural gas for vehicles can reach up to “400% in one year”.
Gas has the advantage of being much less polluting than diesel, and has benefited until some time from attractive prices.
In Gironde, Nourredine Ziane, boss of a transport company, has equipped his fleet with seven trucks running on gas, but finds himself forced to stop this development altogether.
There is water in the gas... If the rise in the price of diesel, which has increased by 30% in one year, is at the top of the concerns of road hauliers, that of natural gas for vehicles (NGV), reached "+ 400% in one year" strangles the National Federation of Road Transport (FNTR).
Road workers: the rise in gas prices jeopardizes the energy transition, the FNTR is alarmed https://t.co/RFTTTLTZUs pic.twitter.com/FRD93gewtN
— FNTR (@FNTR) January 25, 2022
The magnitude of the increase may vary depending on the stations, but it is unprecedented.
In question ?
The resumption of economic activity which, from May, created very strong global demand for all energies, and dwindling supplies, explains the gas-mobility site.
" Cold shower "
To date, there are approximately 30,000 gas vehicles in France.
The share in the road transport sector is still very low.
“But it is the entire energy transition strategy of the sector that is called into question, since no alternative energy is mature enough today to compensate for the use of gas, which seemed to us the most credible solution so far. “, assures the FNTR.
Classified in category 1 for Crit'Air vignettes, gas vehicles are authorized to drive in Low Emission Zones (ZFE), which the metropolis of Bordeaux must adopt by 2025.
In Gironde, Nourredine Ziane, boss of MTS Transports in Bassens, has made investment in green gas a priority.
And he must backpedal today.
"I have seven vehicles that run on gas, which represents about 10% of my fleet," he explains.
I started this experiment three years ago to benefit from less polluting vehicles, and until the last few months, everything was going very well, the financial balance was maintained.
Then the price of gas went from 0.60 ct excl. VAT per kilo to €1, then €1.95 at the end of 2021. This dropped a little in December, and in January we reached €2.25.
It's the cold shower.
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“I cannot pass on this increase”
If the professionals benefit from a system of repercussion at the foot of the invoice of the variations in the costs of diesel and gas, “this provision remains above all contractual and is in no way automatic, ensures the Federation of road transport.
Even when it applies, it does not always occur at the very moment of the increase or at the exact level of this increase”.
“Only one of our customers had demanded the gas vehicle, on which we index the price, but for the other vehicles I cannot pass on this increase, no customer will accept it, assures Nourredine Ziane.
I therefore have six vehicles out of seven in dead loss, on which I lose around a hundred euros per day and per truck.
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“I am in the process of canceling gas vehicle orders”
The entrepreneur says today “forced to completely stop gas development”.
“I am in the process of canceling gas vehicle orders, which I wish to convert to diesel, and I will no longer buy any gas vehicle, as long as we are not certain of being supported in the event of a new problem on rates, and as long as we don't have more visibility.
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According to the Energy Regulation Commission (CRE), a drop in gas prices is expected from the spring and summer of 2022, before a return to normal announced for the course of 2023.
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