CNG Filling Time

[joshp]

I am considering to buy a CNG car, maybe Honda Civic GX but I heard that the filling time for a CNG can be multiple times that of gasoline. Only about 1.3 gal/min as compared to 6 gal/min for gasoline. Is this true ?? This could be a problem if I am running out of gas and time at the same time.
Thanks

[jetboatjohnny]

Re: CNG Filling Time

Fast filling at a public station is fast, at my local station it takes less than 2 minutes to get my usual 4GGE fill.
A home VRA (Vehicle Refueling Appliance) will fill around .4/GGE hour (Phill) to almost one GGE/HR with an FM series Fuelmaker unit.

[freedml]

Re: CNG Filling Time

I'd say it's 2 minutes or so for as much as most cars or vans hold. On a small tank, most of that time is 'overhead,' not full-speed filling.