* The cost of running a CNG car is about Rs1.5 per km.
* The cost of running an LPG car is about Rs3.5 per km.
* The cost of running a petrol car is about Rs5 per km.
Following Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors India’s fifth largest automaker – General Motors will soon CNG and LPG fuel variants of its entry level cars -spark,aveo U-VA and Aveo. The raising fuel prices has made the cars running on alterante fuels attractive. The price conscious commuters prefers LPG and CNG cars more than petrol driven cars. Since the price of LPG and CNG is low compared to petrol it is economical to run these cars. Also, the LPG and CNG filling station started proliferating availability has become a non issue to buyers. To ride this wave all the major manufacturers have launched LPG?CNG variants of popular cars. General Motors which offers CNG version of optra plans alternative fuel variants of all its models. Chevrolet will first launch the LPG variant of spark soon and other variants will be launched soon after that.