Hamdan bin Mohammed: Dubai will be the first outside America to operate "Cruise" vehicles for autonomous transportation
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, First Deputy Chairman of the Dubai Council, said that the Emirate of Dubai will be the first outside America to operate "cruise" vehicles for self-transportation.
His Highness added in posts on his Twitter account: I discussed with Jeff Bleach, Legal Executive Director of General Motors-Cruise the future of smart mobility and its most prominent developments, and I attended the signing of a strategic partnership between the global company and the Roads Authority to operate the company's self-driving vehicles in Dubai from 2023 to reach There are 4000 vehicles in 2030
And His Highness continued: Dubai will be the first outside America to operate cruise vehicles for self-transportation, in fulfillment of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's vision that Dubai is always in the first place and the best city to live and work.
"Our goal is to convert 25% of the total transportation trips in Dubai to self-driving trips by various means of transportation by 2030," he said.
His Highness added: Dubai's vision for the future of autonomous driving aims to reduce transportation costs by 900 million dirhams annually, to save 1.5 billion dirhams by reducing environmental pollution by 12% annually, and to achieve 18 billion dirhams in economic revenues every year by increasing the efficiency of the transport sector by 2030.
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