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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed a contract for procuring 554 environment-friendly hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, which are fitted with a combination of fuel engine and electric motors, currently constitute about 11 per cent of the fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC).
The move is part of a Master Plan to curb the pollution from vehicle exhausts and make vehicles friendly to the environment of Dubai. By the end of this year, the DTC targets to increase the proportion of hybrid vehicles to 17 per cent of its taxi fleet, which currently comprises 503 vehicles.
"The step illustrates RTA's commitment to the Master Plan calling for curbing carbon emissions from the taxi sector by 2 per cent as required by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and the Green Economy initiative," said HE Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of RTA
#Video: #RTA awards contract for procuring 554 hybrid taxis. pic.twitter.com/gtSKVdlktD"The underlying objective of using hybrid vehicles operation is to support Dubai initiative themed: Green vehicles for a cleaner environment, besides assessing the feasibility of using hybrid vehicles in the Dubai Taxi fleet. RTA is the first government entity in the region to experiment the operation of hybrid taxicabs fitted with electric-fuel engines in Dubai taxi from 2008 to 2011. Results of the experiment revealed that such vehicles had covered 550 thousand kilometres without faults or requiring maintenance of major parts. Fuel efficiency reached 30 per cent and carbon emission dropped by 30 per cent as well," explained Al Tayer.
— RTA (@RTA_Dubai) August 26, 2017
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