Dubai welcomes first ever electric vehicle manufacturing facility

Dubai welcomes first ever electric vehicle manufacturing facility

M Glory has laid the foundation stone for the first electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the UAE with an investment of Dh1.5 billion

The facility in Dubai Industrial City is expected to produce 55,000 cars per year - Supplied

Published: Mon 28 Mar 2022, 7:27 PM

Dubai on Monday welcomed the UAE’s first ever electric vehicle manufacturing facility that is expected to produce 55,000 cars per year to meet the rising demand for green mobility and reducing global carbon emissions in the region

M Glory Group laid the foundation stone for facility, which is worth an investment of Dh1.5 billion, at Dubai Industrial City. The factory’s official opening was presided over by Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology; Dr. Magda Al-Azazi, chairman of the board of directors of M Glory Holding Group; and Saud Abu Al-Shawareb, MD of Dubai Industrial City.

The sustainable industrial facilityis set to create more than 1,000 jobs, and is built on a total land area of one million square feet to accommodate future expansion plans. The electric cars produced at the site will be exported to the wider GCC region, in addition to Egypt, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, and Kenya.

Omar Al-Suwaidi, undersecretary of the