Electric cars are soon likely to be a familiar sight on Kuwait roads after permission was granted by the relevant committee to import electric vehicles into the country from early 2020 for a pilot study on the feasibility of electric vehicles operating in Kuwait’s harsh climatic conditions.
The committee comprised of members from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the ministries of Electricity and Water and Interior, and the Public Authority for Industry (PAI) and General Customs Department and other relevant authorities.
Researcher Dr. Haddab Al-Hamwi from KISR said the committee has asked automobile companies to import 30 electric vehicles for a pilot project aimed at determining their suitability for the environment in Kuwait.
She added that KISR, in cooperation with the PAI and the Ministry of Electricity and Customs is putting in place the regulations and controls for importing these cars. Al-Hamwi added, the renewable energy program pilot project is happening under the auspices of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences under the title ‘Evaluating the performance of the electric car in light of the harsh climatic conditions and setting a framework for the readiness of Kuwait City for the electric car’, which aims to study electric vehicles and test the battery performance and its air conditioning system under the climatic conditions of Kuwait.
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