Qatar to have an electric bus factory: Qatar’s Mowasalat, Chinese company Yutong, and the Qatar Free Zones Authority have broken ground on an electric bus assembly plant in the Umm Al-Houl Free Zone, according to a statement. The plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2025 and will help the country realize its goal to electrify its public bus transportation network by 2030 fully.

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The details: The new plant will have an initial production capacity of 300 buses per year, with plans to gradually expand the capacity. It will produce electric buses for urban transport, metro feeder services, and school transportation.

REFRESHER- Qatar is boosting its electric bus infrastructure: Qatar inaugurated the world’s largest electric bus depot in 2022 with 248 solar-powered electric charging stations for e-buses, as well as 24 stations for bus rapid transit (BRT) e-buses. Qatar’s government’s public bus infrastructure program will eventually see some 1k electric buses in use nationwide by 2030.

That’s not all: Vietnamese EV maker VinFast signed an exclusive dealership agreement with Qatari conglomerate Al Mana Holding to distribute its vehicles across Qatar in August. Qatar Freezones Authority, ABB E-mobility, and Ashghal also launched a new ABB E-mobility facility focusing on training for EV charging infrastructure in Umm Al Houl Freezone.

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