Fascination for electric vehicles turned teen Emirati into entrepreneur

Fascination for electric vehicles turned teen Emirati into entrepreneur

Dubai: For electric vehicle enthusiast Hamad AlMazrooei, 22, a fascination with eco-friendly modes of transport started when he was younger. It was this drive that led the UAE national into entrepreneurship at age 19, starting his first business when he was still studying at university level. “I'm obsessed with redefining the way we move,” said AlMazrooei, in an exclusive interview with Gulf News. “At a young age, I followed my curiosity and where my questions took me, and I found myself in a mission to bring sustainable shared mobility to the streets of the Middle East. “At 19, my entrepreneurial journey started with a goal to make electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure more accessible. In 2021, it had been already a year, and I then joined forces with my partners with a vision to make sustainable mobility more affordable, accessible, and flexible.” AlMazrooei’s experience in the EV industry started in 2020, with an internship at Tesla, the US-based fully-electric automotive industry giant, and this only fuelled the Emirati entrepreneur’s passion further. So this was quickly followed by AlMazrooei launching his first firm ‘Charger Plus’, a charging infrastructure provider in the UAE, and a year later he co-founded his second business