Long road ahead for personal electric vehicle ownership

Long road ahead for personal electric vehicle ownership

AMMAN — Since the implementation of the National Green Growth Plan (NGGP) in 2016, Jordan has scaled up its use of electric vehicles (EVs) in both the public and private sectors in order to encourage green and sustainable growth, improve air quality in cities and achieve the climate goals laid out in the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement, according to authorities. 

Spokesperson for the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Naser Rahamneh told The Jordan Times that GAM “launched the Amman Plan to confront the Effects of Climate Change in June 2019”. The plan’s objective is to reach carbon neutrality in Amman by 2050, and thereby uphold the government’s commitments in the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. 

According to Rahamneh, one of the initial successes of this project was the introduction of 100 electric vehicles to GAM’s fleet. GAM aims to replace its entire fleet to “help reduce gas emissions from transportation, pollution and damage to the environment, in addition to reducing the high costs associated with importing fossil fuels”, he said.