DMEA: Zimbabwe's Maswera invests in LPG

Local energy firm Maswera Energies has partnered with Italian company Agis Andrea Mangaliardo to develop Autogas technology, a system that uses liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to fuel cars.

Regarding the partnership, Maswera Energies CEO Francis-Xavier Chitanda said, "we are converting existing motor vehicles to be able to drive on LPG, which is a cleaner fuel.”

Chitanda specified that gasoline-powered vehicles would be converted by installing a conversion kit – allowing the vehicles to use two types of fuel.

He added: “We, as Maswera Energies, partnered with a company in Italy called Agis Andrea Mangaliardo. At the moment, we are going through a week-long training course by the Polish engineers that the Italian company sent.”

Chitanda continued to state that the company had “converted a Shack Man truck, which is a diesel engine and a Volvo truck which is a diesel engine and we are in the process of converting an executive Volvo SC60,” while highlighting that LPG was “cheaper and good for the environment; we have less carbon monoxide by 100%.”