Free Salik and Parking for Electric Cars in Dubai
- Electric cars are too expensive to own in the UAE, but now residents can drive an environmentally clean car for merely AED 120 a day
- The UAE-based online car rental firm selfdrive.ae has introduced electric cars for AED 5 an hour with minimum billing cycle of 24 hours (amounting to AED 250) and up to 250km per day
- The electric car can be recharged free of cost at more than 90 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority charging stations across the emirate
- Pinewoods Technology Services Dubai, the holding company of selfdrive.ae, has collaborated with the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) and DEWA to incentivise electric cars
- Electric vehicles (EVs) are powered by electricity, either from off-vehicle sources, self-contained with a battery, solar panels or a generator to convert fuel to electricity
- The first crude but functional electric vehicle was created by Slovak-Hungarian priest Ányos Jedlik in 1827
- The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is the regulatory authority for all matters regarding transport and road safety in the emirate of Dubai
- The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is a public service infrastructure company that serves utilities to the residents of Dubai
- Pinewoods Service Corporation is India’s leading corporate car leasing and car rental company which kick started international operations with 2000 cars across the UAE
