Dubai has decided to please owners of electric cars

Owners of such cars will a private Parking place on all-time use of transport.

In this way, the city wants to encourage people to switch to electric transportation, according to Bloomberg. Oil-rich Emirates are going to switch to green transport, to reduce dependence on this oil and reduce its impact on the environment.

In Dubai, a society dependent on cars, and the cities stretched highways, number of lanes which reaches 14. There is a lot of oil, but the government is thinking about promoting electric cars. According to forecasts, by 2020 the roads of the city will be 32,000 electric vehicles, and by 2030 their number will increase by 10000.

In 2015, the city had installed 100 racks for electric vehicle charging. Now they promise to add another 100 next year. To encourage residents to purchase electric vehicles, charging all of these racks will be free until 2019. Also, the owners will receive free Parking and local traffic police will cancel the payment for registration activity related to EV and motor vehicle tax for such vehicles.

Tactics of the middle Eastern countries is now to reduce domestic consumption of oil. This will allow a greater quantity to export abroad. The share of Dubai accounts for about 6% of world oil reserves, but there have already started the construction of a large solar thermal power plants. Project budget: $1 billion, and the expected capacity of 200 megawatts. Due to the energy storage system installation will be able to work even at night. The price of solar energy in the UAE has already fallen below 10 cents per kWh.

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