UAE leads Mena region in adoption of electric vehicles

UAE leads Mena region in adoption of electric vehicles

The UAE is leading the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in the adoption of electric vehicles with its charging station to vehicle ratio among the world’s highest, according to a newly released whitepaper.

Produced by the Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) Mena, the whitepaper says the UAE now boasts 240 grid-linked slow charging public stations – 80 percent of which are in Dubai.

The 24-page whitepaper – Electric Vehicles in the UAE: Challenges and Opportunities – and its five-point recommendations will be presented at Hypermotion Dubai 2021, the region’s first and only event to address major mobility transformation, which will run at the Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo 2020 from November 2 – 4.

“This white paper provides recommendations for policymakers in the UAE and around the region and a comprehensive overview of the EV market in the UAE, covering the current policy landscape, infrastructure, challenges hindering the growth of the market and the opportunities for businesses,” explained Stephan Gobert, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at ENGIE and Board Member at CEBC.

“While the paper mainly analyses the UAE market, many of the learnings could be extended to the rest of the Mena countries.”

The paper shows that while the UAE has made great

advances