Despite huge domestic reserves, precious few experimental cars run on natural gas in Israel, new study finds
Seven years after Israel’s government declared it would use the country’s vast natural gas energy reserves to power cars and trucks, virtually nothing has been done, according to a study released this week by the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy.
As of today, just two or three cars on an experimental basis are fueled by natural gas even though Tamar, the largest field at present, boasts an estimated 318 billion cubic meters of gas and the much bigger Leviathan reservoir, with 613 BCM, is due to begin production in 2019.
Meanwhile, globally, over the last seven years, the number of natgas-powered cars on the roads doubled to 23 million vehicles, most of them in Asia and a $23 billion market, the researchers point out. By 2024, that number should reach about 30 million.
