Dubai – Mubasher: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE's largest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, has inaugurated its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Jabal Ali as part of Dubai’s Green Mobility Initiative.
Four employees of EGA, who have Tesla vehicles, attended the opening ceremony and they will be the first to use the station, according to the company’s statement on Sunday.
EGA, which is evenly owned equally by Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and Investment Corporation of Dubai, gave no further details on the cost of the project.
The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy launched the Dubai Green Mobility Initiative in 2016 in a bid to boost the sales of electric and hybrid vehicles in Dubai by 2% of new cars by 2020 and 10% by 2030.
“The vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is for Dubai to be the world’s smartest city and switching to green transportation is part of that future. Making charging stations available where people need them is critical for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles so we are pleased to play our part,” said EGA managing director and CEO Abdulla Kalban.
