MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET 

OVERVIEW

Countries such as UAE, Saudi Arab, South Africa, and the rest of the Middle East and Africa. These countries have hot climates and reach peak temperature around the world in summers. Group of countries comes under this region also known as MENA (Middle East and North Africa).

As mentioned, its hot climate and continuous use of conventional sources of energy for transportation increases the overall temperature and leads to an increase in surrounding temperature. The dependency of Arab countries for fossil fuel needs to be shifted, although these countries' economies are driven by fossil fuels.  Africa has shown a sharp increase in shifting towards electrification.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET DYNAMICS

There are many countries in the middle east which are in nascent stage in the field of Electric vehicles whereas countries like Dubai, UAE, Saudi Arab is already having a lot of growth and development in term of infrastructure, charging station incentives for customer, different attractive schemes, etc.

Israel’s Electric vehicles market sales have a much better scope if compared to other countries as the size of the country is less that can be seen as the advantages for the manufacturer and companies can introduce the EV of that range segment in the market.

Algerian Government is asking their people to move towards hybrid and electric vehicles in the coming future.

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) represented by the National Program for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) have launched the Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure Guideline in the State of Qatar on its official website.

UAE has decided to introduce 200 Tesla EVs in their Dubai Taxi Market as the sign and promoting green mobility in the coming future. AS the solar energy available in the country is in abundance the solar roof panel will be installed on the charging station to provide the charging facility.

Africa as one of the biggest continents still lag when discussing the EV market due to their infrastructure, road, and other factors. The government of African continent is still lagging to provide a road map of the country for shifting from conventional engine vehicles to electric vehicles as the other countries' norm and subsidy continuously improves and changes the African countries are far less concerned.

Electric vehicles count in Dubai's government organizations was 258 vehicles, while the number of hybrids has reached almost 2600.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET SEGMENTATION

By Technology

• Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Plug-In Electric Vehicles
• Battery Electric Vehicles

By Vehicle Type

• Passenger Vehicles
• Commercial Vehicles
• Two Wheelers
• Others

By Powertrain

• Series Hybrid
• Parallel Hybrid
• Combined Hybrid

By Class

• Mid-Priced
• Luxury

By Top Speed

• Less than 125mph
• More than 125mph

By Vehicle Drive Type

• Front Wheel Drive
• Rear Wheel Drive
• All-Wheel Drive

EFFECT OF COVID ON MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLE

As many countries in the Middle East and Africa come under the category of underdeveloped and developing countries, they had a very huge impact due to COVID Lockdown and unemployment has increased to new high. Many arab countries are mainly driven by tourism and crude oil export but due to travel restrictions these activities were in total halt and huge crash on crude oil price in march 2020 and deeply the unbalanced forces on their economy.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLES MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST

The Middle east and Africa Electric Vehicle market size is estimated to be US $ XX Billion in 2022 and the growth rate of XX% by the year 2030. The countries like Saudi Arab, Dubai are importing number of electric vehicle for tourism market and partnering with different player for installation of infrastructure for charging station as well.

The Emirate of Sharjah has ordered 50 semi-electric trucks from Tesla to be added into the waste management system fleet by the end of 2020. Sharjah has proposed that electric vehicle owners can charge their fleet for free till 2025, as an attractive package for a person who is interested in buying an EV.

The UAE market is expected to grow XX% by the end of 2030. The Dubai electricity and water authority and road transport authority are working hand in hand to install charging facilities and provide attractive incentives to potential customers like exemption of parking fees, toll exemption and no registration fees. Some important players in the EV market in UAE are Hyundai Motor Company, Tesla, BMW, etc.

Africa is still in its infant stage for the introduction of Electric vehicles in its market. The government is least concerned about emission activities.

The South African government has issued a draft policy paper by the Department of Trade and Industry focusing on development of technologies by industries for electric vehicles.

The transition of middle east countries will not only lead them to go with the technological era but will ultimately help out to reduce the pollution level in their country.

NEW LAUNCH

Admiral Energy and Autel partner to expand EV charging infrastructure in the Middle East and Africa.A strategic collaboration deal between Admiral Energy and Autel aims to considerably increase EV charging infrastructure across the Middle East and Africa.

The chargers, which have undergone testing in the UAE, will meet the region's increasing demand for electric vehicles. 70,000 EV charging stations are expected to be needed, according to the UAE government alone, to meet the rising demand for environmentally friendly transportation.

Admiral Energy has committed to delivering chargers to the UAE as part of a strategic relationship, with ambitions to roll out the chargers throughout the region. With COP28 soon approaching, the news release emphasises Admiral Energy and Autel's aim to service the rapidly increasing Electric Vehicle industry in the Middle East as firms seek greener solutions for their commercial fleets.

Admiral Energy will collaborate closely with Autel to produce chargers that are especially suited to the GCC market for the standalone high speed DC charging solutions. Due to growing logistics and transport operations in the area, as traditional cars are replaced by zero-emission ones, the GCC Electric Vehicle market is predicted to reach.

The charger line, which includes five DC charging options and ranges from 47kW DC Compact to 400kW DC charger solutions, was unveiled at the Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS) at ADNEC.

With auxiliary balancing and healthy charging, they should work with 99.5% of car models and can increase battery life by up to 20%.To help them on their path to carbon neutrality, Admiral Energy will provide the chargers to its partners and dealers.Admiral Mobility announced a partnership with AVIS UAE to provide EV trucks for the leasing market.

Admiral Mobility also announced a strategic partnership with Geely Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group to bring 5,000 electric commercial vehicles to the Middle East region. 

KEY PLAYERS OF MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ELECTRIC VEHICLES