Roads encourage the use of environmentally friendly vehicles
235% increase in electric cars in Dubai in 2020
All electric vehicles registered in Dubai are light.
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Jamal Al-Sada: "(The Authority) encourages individuals to use electric vehicles with a set of facilities.
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Recent statistics issued by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai have revealed that the number of electric vehicles licensed in Dubai has increased by 235% during the past nine months, compared to the same period last year, at a time when the relevant institutions in the country tend to motivate individuals to use vehicles Environmentally friendly by providing a range of facilities.
The Director of the Vehicle Licensing Department at the Authority, Jamal Al-Sada, told "Emirates Today" that the authority encourages individuals to use electric vehicles, by launching a set of facilities for owners of these vehicles, including exemption from registration and renewal fees, parking fees for electric vehicles, and service sticker fees. "Salik", which is placed on the vehicle's window to record its passage through the gates of the "Salik" system.
He added that the authority exempted electric vehicles licensed by it in the emirate of Dubai from paying the tariff of public parking spaces allocated to them for a period of two years, starting from last July, as part of the promotion of Dubai's strategy for green mobility.
In response to a question about the most important challenges facing the operation of electric vehicles and the increase in demand for them, the gentlemen denied the existence of any obstacles that prevent the use of these vehicles, expecting an increase in the number of electric vehicles in Dubai in the coming years.
He presented some statistical figures on electric vehicles registered in Dubai, explaining that the licensed vehicles increased to 956 vehicles that were licensed during the past nine months, compared to 285 vehicles during the same period last year, and pointed out that the total electric vehicles currently registered in the licensing system in the Authority, It reached 1803 vehicles, distributed between the personal use of individuals and between governmental establishments and agencies.
In response to a question about the most commercial brands of electric vehicles registered in the licensing system in Dubai and their types, the gentlemen emphasized that they are not limited to specific companies, and that they belong to many brands of vehicles and are not limited to a specific brand, pointing out that all vehicles registered are of the type of light vehicles, There is no heavy electric vehicle registered in Dubai yet.
Exemption from parking fees
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority reported that the exemption from public parking fees applies to electric vehicles licensed in Dubai only.
The identification mechanism for these vehicles will be automatic by entering the vehicle plate number upon traffic verification by the authority’s parking control inspectors, to ensure that the tariff is paid or not, and then it appears to the inspector that the vehicle is exempt from the tariff through the technical linkage between the parking systems and the licensing systems in Commission.
1803
The total number of electric vehicles registered in Dubai.
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