Ashghal signs a MoU with ABB Qatar

Qatar Public Works Authority (Ashghal) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ABB Qatar, in preparation for the establishment of a factory to produce electric chargers for electric cars and buses. This would be the first factory for ABB E-mobility in the Middle East region.

The agreement is designed in coordination with Free Zones Authority, which plays a vital part in outreaching with stakeholders to ensure promising growth opportunities to the investors; especially it owns the land where the new charging device plant is expected to be built.

As part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications strategy to switch to electric vehicles, The MoU accompanies an electric charging device supplying contract for electric buses.

It is worth noting that the establishment of this factory will strengthen and support the public transportation plan in Qatar. As the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, in cooperation with Mowasalat Company ‘KARWA’, is establishing bus stations and warehouses with the highest technological and environmental standards.

These stations are among the largest electric charging stations for buses in the world, which supports the country’s future vision to protect the environment within the Qatar National Vision 2030.