A handful of UAE based start-up businesses are offering full-on fuel-to-electric conversions, as ‘driving green’ takes on more urgency and more vehicle owners are willing to make that transition.
For now, it’s more about commercial fleet operators bringing in their models for the conversion kit-outs. It will still be some time before individuals get to make such a transition on their mid-priced fuel vehicles and at fairly affordable rates.
“For fleets, we are targeting costs below $20,000, with our average systems costing around $15,000 for fleet customers targeting mass conversions,” said Salman Hussain, co-founder and CEO of Fuse, which specialises in electric powertrain solutions. The re-fitout jobs the company has done extends to Toyota and VW fuel-powered models.
“Another sector we focus on is classic cars, where the focus is on owners who want to drive something unique while also being respectful to nature. When it comes to classic cars, the vehicles are done as bespoke one-off cars, with hundreds of hours of engineering and craftsmanship going into making a single one.“So costs can easily be $45,000 and above for an average build.”
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