Dubai company converts petrol cars to electric for Dh70,000, half-price
The locally made modified vehicle was first showcased during COP28 which was conducted in December last year
The Dubai based start-up company has a price tag of Dh70000 and it seeks to produce electric vehicles (EVs) which are made out of old cars at a source price of 50 percent lower than that of the newly manufactured EVs, commencement of deliveries is targeted for Q2 2025.
Presenting this prototype at the ongoing 5 day Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress and Exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Centre is Peec Mobility developed ReCar.03 an EV sedan from a petrol Toyota Camry.
“We have been working for quite a while on what we have called the latest version of ReCar. This is a massive leap into the future of transport as we are about to start production with deliveries supposed to be made in Q2 2025 so the ReCar is a very prized asset that we will be able to let our key clients use,” said Peec Mobility’s founder Zach Faizal, who is an expatriate from the UAE.
The new vehicle designed in the country switching from petrol to electric buses was for the first time exhibited in COP28 Ethiopia held in December last year.
ReCar is a conversion of an internal combustion engine – a petrol or diesel engine based automobile. The company explains that this is a cheaper option than purchasing a driven electric powered vehicle which goes for Dh100,000 and above since the cost effective deals used in re-engineering retired petrol vehicles manipulates their body and chassis first making it easier to transform the vehicles into electric operatives. New Car costs 30 percent cheaper and takes 80 percent shorter time to manufacture than the new versions.
Primary, the battery is the heart of EVs Peec Mobility added that their ReCar’s battery can cover a distance of 300 km when it is fully charged.
There is also a feeling of “new car” with ReCar but which does not have the harmful carbon emission controlled by the vehicle. The vehicle interior is manufactured from plastic by 45.7 Metabo parts made from energy absorbing plastics, HMI software application has also been improved.
Cheaper alternative to EVs
Peec Mobility stated that their aim is not only to prolong the life cycle of decommissioned petrol cars with electric engines but rather assist persons as well as state and commercial industries with economical eco-friendly transports alternatives. "We do not want to cut emissions effectively by 2030; we want to do it twice and faster," observed Peec Mobility.
Faizal earlier said “Our goal is to work on conversion of this scale into the government so that a model can be developed and replicated across the globe from UAE. There’s aspiration to contribute in reaching the UAE Net Zero goal.’’
‘’From our technology of repurposing vehicles, we can target to reduce emission from the transportation sector by 23 percent by the year 2030 just by operationalizing an order to repurpose five per cent of the current fleet of vehicles on the road each year over the next (six) years,’’ he stressed, adding: ‘’Today re-engineering is faster, easier and cleaner than just purchasing new EVs, and is also cost effective.”
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) estimates that as of April 2024, the number of EVs in Dubai is about 30,000 units, based on the number of EV charging vehicles registered in Dubai since the City’s inception due to the prohibition of petrol- powered vehicles. This is a sharp increase, almost a double, from the previously reported 15,100 EVs as of End December 2023.
By the year 2050 officials of the UAE hope to have within the country 50% of motor vehicles running electric engines.
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