KUFO, UAE - The UAE's mobile car supplier, KFU, has announced that it is currently implementing plans to expand its services from the UAE to the markets of three Arab countries by completing partnership agreements with different countries before the end of this year.

The company, to «Emirates Today», that it has completed, since the beginning of its actual work early this year until the end of last June, the supply of mobile fuel for 150 thousand cars in the markets of Dubai, Ajman and Sharjah, and that its investments currently amount to 100 million dirhams, pointing out that it Intends to expand its operations in Abu Dhabi markets, in future periods.

Export Services

In detail, CFO founder and CEO Rashid Al Ghurair said: “The company is currently expanding and exporting its services from the UAE to the markets of three Arab countries through the completion of partnership agreements with different countries before the end of this year. "Actually, in those markets, it will start working next year."

He explained that «the company has developed and innovated the application and work program fully in the UAE markets, and is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa, which allows mobile fuel service to deliver cars in their places on demand, by downloading the application of the company on mobile phones and registration of the customer's credit card "And locate it on the map, and determine the amount of fuel required to come the company car and provide the car to the customer."

Innovation policies

Al Ghurair pointed out that the company's scope of work is in line with the state-of-the-art innovation policies in various sectors, and therefore the expansion of services in the Arab markets with mobile fuel services is a deployment of innovative UAE application services in the region's markets. In different Gulf countries, during the next period of service, which requires special approvals and permits.

He added that «mobile fuel service is found in some European markets and America only, and be in limited forms and periods ranging from 9 am to 8 pm and do not work on holidays, and different from the application of the UAE, which operates around the clock, and the application is equipped with artificial intelligence techniques “This has allowed us to continuously develop our services with work, which has already happened recently by accelerating the performance and efficiency of the work to provide more cars in less time.”

Application for fuel

Al Ghurair pointed out that «the idea of ​​creating a mobile fuel application, came after his work in the oil and gas sector for a period of 10 years, and therefore the thought of an innovative initiative came across that area, and was welcomed by the various government departments, which have completed the necessary approvals for the work of the company in its beginning as a startup».

He pointed out that «the company has completed the supply of 150 thousand cars since the beginning of its work effectively in the beginning of the year in the markets of Dubai, Ajman and Sharjah, and until the end of last June», pointing out that «the company currently has a fleet of cars up to 70 cars to deliver mobile fuel to customers, is expected to increase The number of cars in the coming periods, with the growing demand for the services of the company, and with its expansion plans, which aims to expand in other emirates, including Abu Dhabi in the coming periods.

He said that «the company has achieved a recent development in the transformation to provide yachts and boats, following the signing of an agreement with the company (Nakheel) to develop real estate refueling on demand, to serve the owners of yachts and boats in the area (Palm Jumeirah) in Dubai, as will be allowed exclusively for the company's trucks access Marassi (Palm Jumeirah East and West), which can accommodate more than 550 boats and yachts to provide customers with fuel services, pointing out that «the service was able to reduce the period of refueling yachts to about five minutes instead of an hour, as the owner of the yacht had to go to a gas station to get At appropriate amounts, while the application is used To deliver fuel to the existing marina where the yacht. »

He pointed out that «the company is looking for various opportunities to cooperate with major companies for real estate development, allowing the company's trucks to enter their complexes or marinas yachts of their own, and to support the expansion plans for the company's activity».

“The company has recently signed an agreement to launch a research and development center at the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SITC) to enhance the company's contribution to innovation and development in the energy and transport sector, while supporting innovation policies in its work. Later, he explains that innovation in energy technologies will be more extensive. "The company will start its work through the R&D center beginning in 2021, according to plans the company is working on."