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By 2021, half of the cabs on the roads of Dubai will be hybrid cars, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced.
The move, part of a plan to reduce carbon emissions of the taxi sector by two per cent, is prompted by the deregulation of fuel prices, and the cost-effective hybrid (fuel-electric) vehicles.
Unveiling the plan, Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said that 791 taxis will be added to the fleet of hybrid taxis this year.
The hybrid taxi fleet was beefed up last year after 147 hybrid taxis were added to the existing cars.
Al Tayer added that the number of hybrid taxis will rise to 1,582 by 2017, and to 2,375, 3,959 and 4,750 in the following three years, respectively.
"The RTA is working to bring about this shift in the infrastructure of mass transit systems to make them environment-friendly, and capable of accommodating the rising demand for transit means in the emirate," Al Tayer said.
"(The) results of the trial operation of hybrid taxis conducted by Dubai Taxi Corporation since 2008 indicated that they offer an environmental solution for reducing carbon emissions by 34 per cent, slashing fuel consumption by 33 per cent, besides cutting maintenance costs due to the low mechanical faults, and curbing noise levels," explained Al Tayer.
Proposed rise in green taxis2015 - 147 2016 - 791 2017 - 1,582 2018 - 2,375 2019 - 3,167 2020 - 3,959 2021 - 4,750 |
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