EV Policies The UAE Needs (Interview with Fares Almazrooei)
January 8th, 2018 by Zachary Shahan
One of the speakers at the coming World Future Energy Summit’s 1st annual The Mobility Conference, which is also the kickoff point for the 2018 Middle East Electric Vehicle Road Trip, is Fares Almazrooei. Aside from having several electric vehicles in his stable, Mr. Almazrooei is Cofounder and Managing Director of Volt. He has been an EV leader in the UAE since the Tesla Roadster days. He also has a much broader role in Dubai and UAE business, policy, and politics.
Below is an interview Ben Pullen, Cofounder and Managing Director of Global EVRT, conducted with Mr. Almazrooei about the EV story in the UAE. As you can see, he even approaches interviews with a pointed, no-nonsense, matter-of-fact style — an efficient process and clear targets for improvement.
1. The UAE has now laid concrete foundations for EV adoption. In your opinion, what are the main targets and policies which can help accelerate the market from the margins to the mainstream?
- Targets — achieved and to accelerate the sustainability in automobile industry. This will contribute substantially to stopping global climate change.
- Policies — there are quite a few policies that need to be addressed, from VAT to power providers.
2. What sustainable transport pearls of wisdom will you be mainly be talking about and sharing at at the WFES/Global EVRT Mobility Conference in January?
- Infrastructure
- Incentive Programs
3. What are the main challenges facing the industry right now?
- Lack of government support
- Heavy incentive programs must be introduced
- Mandate all manufacturers and dealers to bring in their electric vehicles to GCC
- Changing policies in homologation standard to allow manufacturers and dealers to bring in the electric vehicles.
4. How do you see the market playing out by 2020?
I think there will be an increase of 100% electric vehicles on the roads from today until 2020 and that will double if there will be policies implemented with proper or effective incentive programs.
About the Author
Zach is tryin’ to help society help itself (and other species) with the power of the word. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor, but he’s also the president of Important Media and the director/founder of EV Obsession and Solar Love. Zach is recognized globally as a solar energy, electric car, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada.
Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these particular companies and feels like they are good cleantech companies to invest in. But he offers no professional investment advice and would rather not be responsible for you losing money, so don’t jump to conclusions.
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