UAE - Mubasher: Dubai Supreme Council of Energy has issued a directive government organisations to raise the number of electric and hybrid vehicles to at least 10% of their overall annual procurement of vehicles until the end of 2024, according to the Dubai media office.

Under the council's directive, government organisations will also increase the number of purchased or leased electric and hybrid vehicles to 20% from 2025 to the end of 2029 and 30% from 2030.

This new directive is in line with the Smart Dubai initiative, which aims to make Dubai the smartest and happiest city in the world, and the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy.

In 2015, the Supreme Council of Energy launched the Dubai Green Mobility initiative, which helped the procurement percentage of hybrid and electric vehicles to record 8% by the end of 2019.

The vice chairman of the Supreme Council of Energy in Dubai, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said: "The Council’s new directive to increase the percentage of electric and hybrid vehicles in government organisations will make them role models for other organisations in increasing the use of environmentally-friendly vehicles."

Source: Mubasher

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