Environment-friendly vehicles for fans to get around Qatar

According to the statistics of the Organizing and Legacy Committee responsible for managing World Cup projectspredicted the presence of almost a million spectators since the start of the 2022 World Cup. Many efforts are underway to provide sufficient transportation for such a number of visitors to be received for the first time in the history of Qatar.

In any case, the production of a transport service that is not just any one is prioritized, meanwhile the success achieved by establishing the subway, in which a third of the fans will travel during the World Cup, electric vehicles will be a novelty in Qatar, which will be the first time that environmentally friendly electric vehicles are used to displace World Cup fans.

Thus, the state of Qatar will transform between 3% and 5% of vehicles into environmentally friendly transport with the arrival of 2022, one objective corresponds to the agreement to transform 25% of public transport in environmentally friendly vehicles, as well as disseminating those vehicles in the main service areas during the World Cup.

At the same time, Marcelo Contestable, economist in the Qatar Institute of Environmental and Energy ResearchHe said: “These are essential steps to gain the trust of visitors because with the transformation of transportation to environment-friendly vehicles it is an achievement of special significance to confirm the government's message in its obligation to use environmentally friendly vehicles, and to provide fuel that is economical in this region of the world. It is difficult to allude to a single excuse for the absence of the use of electronic vehicles, but it is likely that there are many factors among others, the economic fuel, the high purchase price, the lack of the necessary infrastructure to use this type of vehicle. and the lack of collective consciousness. “

“In order for Qatar to overcome the linked brakes and provide a cost corresponding to the benefits earned by those vehicles, it is important that the government guarantees the transformation of vehicles considering local requirements and market conditions,” he added. Responsible.

The first time to use environment-friendly vehicles in Qatar was in 2019 with the inauguration of the world cup stadium Al-janoub, but over time it has been oriented to produce electronic vehicles for the first time in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.