In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint by 16% till 2021, Dubai is pushing its Green Car Initiative and has offered valuable incentives to public in form of green insurance plans, green bank loans and green registration. The emirate is focusing on achieving ambitious goals of having 10% electric/hybrid vehicles on roads by 2030. Newly announced incentive programs are aligned with this goal and will ensure community/public support in achieving this target.
The Minister of Energy, Suhail Mohammad Faraj Al Mazroui said that federal ministries will have 10% of their total fleet comprise of electric/hybrid vehicles by 2020. The long term goal is to increase this number to 20%. We are going all out to facilitate use of green cars for public.
For this purpose, DEWA (Dubai Electric and Water Authority) and RTA (Road and Transport Authority) have already established 100 charging stations and more will be added as demand increases. They are also working on installing wireless charging stations to make charging convenient for green car adapters.
Apart from building infrastructure to support public’s adaptation, monetary incentives are also in pipeline. Different government departments are publicly adapting Green Car Initiative to build awareness in masses about its benefits. Dubai Police has already included multiple green cars in its fleet, and recently it included BMW i3 as well.