Egypt’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Ministry announced on Thursday it is fully prepared to meet the power needs of public charging stations for electric cars nationwide.
Over the past seven years, the ministry has raised its network efficiency and developed the infrastructure needed to accommodate any potential increases in consumption, said Electricity and Renewable Energy Ministry Spokesperson Ayman Hamza.
A ministerial committee, which covers military production, business sector, electricity, trade, and industry, will be responsible for setting a vision for expanding the use of electric cars in Egypt, revealed Hamza.
The Arab nation will begin testing electric cars on the country’s streets from July, ahead of plans to launch full-scale production of the vehicles from mid-2022.
Thirteen imported electric vehicles will be tested on Egyptian streets from next month, Hisham Tawfik, minister of the Egyptian public enterprise sector, said while attending the Nasr E70 electric car launch.
He added that nine of the electric cars will be tested by drivers nominated by Uber, the global ride-hailing company.
The Nasr E70 is set to start production in mid-2022 with the El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company, an affiliate of the Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector’s Metallurgical Industries Company.
Tawfik said that the ministry began studying the electric car production project in mid-2019 as part of efforts to reform and develop its affiliated companies, including the revival of El Nasr Automotive Company.
The Nasr E70 is scheduled to start production in mid-2022 with the El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company.
The Dongfeng Corporation, one of the largest automobile producers in China, is partnering in producing the Nasr E70 vehicle, the minister said.
An agreement between El-Nasr and Dongfeng was signed in June 2020 following months of negotiations.
The Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector recently released images of the first electric car of its kind in the country.
