Dubai university to develop sustainable electric motorcycles for last-mile deliveries

Dubai university to develop sustainable electric motorcycles for last-mile deliveries

Project aimed at cutting dependence on fossil fuels and reducing carbon footprints

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Published: Wed 27 Jul 2022, 1:21 PM

A Dubai university has joined forces with a sustainable vehicle company, to develop a range of three innovative electric motorcycles that will transform last-mile transportation.

The project with One Moto will be conducted in the first-of-its-kind Smart Mobility and Innovation Centre.

The new, iconic and industry changing electric motorcycles are expected to be adopted by individual commuters as well as last-mile delivery and logistics companies and are anticipated to go to market in the fourth quarter of 2022.

The new partnership will see Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dubai’s engineering faculty and students collaborate on the research, design, fabrication, and testing for the new electric vehicles, aiming to achieve the UAE Net Zero 2050 strategy.

Dr Ghalib Kahwaji, Chair of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Principal Investigator of the Geothermal Coupling of Refrigeration Systems research, and lead for the Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Center, is among the RIT Dubai faculty involved in this latest initiative.

He underlines, “The One Moto project will revolutionise the application of electric motorcycles in the delivery and logistics industry in the UAE and the region. It is