QFZA in deal with Yutong to manufacture e-buses

Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) signed a multilateral framework agreement with Yutong, one of the world’s largest bus and coach suppliers, and Mowasalat, the major transport services provider in Qatar.

The deal will see electric-buses (e-buses) manufactured in the zones with the first e-buses produced for the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and beyond. The multilateral framework agreement was signed during a ceremony where other agreements were also formalised to facilitate the transformation of the e-vehicles industry in Qatar.

The agreement was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani and Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti.

The deal is part of a wider Qatari initiative to ensure 25 percent of the public bus network is powered by electricity in time for the tournament, with the entire public fleet system expected to be e-powered by 2030.

As per the agreement, Mowasalat and Yutong will partner with QFZA to establish and operate the electric buses factory to deliver buses that will ferry 2022 FIFA World Cup visitors between stadiums, with the first cohort of such e-buses to be earmarked for export across the Middle East, Europe, South America and Africa.