I think there are only two electric cars you can officially buy in Kuwait at the moment, the Chevrolet Bolt EV and the Porsche Taycan in addition to the various Teslas that were imported so it makes sense that malls and other places start introducing charging stations. Al Shaheed, Arraya and Hamra Tower all have electric charging stations and The Avenues is now joining the party.
For anyone that works in Hamra or Arraya, I’m curious, are random cars parking in the electric charging spots, or are the spots properly being enforced and only electric cars can park there?
Thanks Mohamed
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It is being enforced in Arraya and by enforced I mean there is a cone that only the security personnel remove when needed. Occasionally, you will see a random car parked in the space.
electric cars in Kuwait are contributing in pollution more than petrol cars cause electricity is generated by heavy fuel .. and i am sick of disabled parking then elderly people parking then family parking then pregnant women parking and now electric ! I will defiantly park on it in my V8 if i find it available .. beside we are oil producing country we shouldn’t encourage electric cars
hey if you have a problem with disabled parking spots you’ve got bigger issues to be concerned about
I have problem with the numbers of disabled parking, their percentage are way more than the percentage of disabled drivers and more than half of the are not used
That’s fine, you can walk a bit more to your parking spot it won’t kill you
Jassem, you do know why that is, they are factoring in arrogant physically normal but twisted people who act like the uneducated knuckleheads they are and park there anyway despite a big ass sign in front of them with the “Anna… lets see what they do to me attitude”. Similar to someone who just said “I will defiantly park on it in my V8 if i find it available”
Mercedes-benz EQC and thier other hybrid variants in Kuwait aswell.
Hybrids have a regular fuel engine to charge the batteries. Usually fully electric cars use charging stations while hybrids don’t even allow you to charge the battery separately (but i could be wrong).
plug in hybrids use charging stations, I believe most hybrids are plug ins. I’m considering and EQS or an ariya (sadly you don’t get sporty EVs), I would love to have a charging station at my future work place. Do you know if the charging is free or at least discounted? I doubt my family would be amused with the idea of paying for the charging of my smart phone on wheels and I’m too cheap to pay for the charge.
No Tesla dealership in Kuwait yet ? Also is there a market for the hybrid Prius in Kuwait ?
There probably will not be a Tesla dealership any time soon. Like Apple, they own all their official stores (no 3rd part agents like other car companies in Kuwait)
I’ve seen a few Prius’ in Kuwait, but to be honest it is not a good looking car, and gas in Kuwait is cheap, so I don’t know if a Hybrid is really needed
They can own their own store in Kuwait that’s not a problem anymore thanks to KDIPA
Oh cool! Didn’t know that
I hope Apple come here some day
Huh u think?.. KDIPA approached Tesla before Tesla opens in UAE
They were going to open through “KDIPA”
But The dirty filthy business car dealer owners stood up against Tesla and told them give us the franchise we will sell your electric cars.
Tesla (Musk) simply said fuck off we going to open in UAE instead 🤗
So I doubt anytime soon Tesla to open in Kuwait :/ Unless this Business dirty monopoly shutdowns..
I just received my Tesla X from UAE btw 😊
That’s rubbish, don’t believe everything Facebook post. If Tesla wanted to open in Kuwait they would have. But it’s cute that you think ALL the car dealerships stood together to fight against Tesla opening up.
Its not rubbish mate, a connection from KDIPA told me that believe it or not its true story sadly.
Your connection is an idiot. Source: I used to work in KDIPA
Well I hope he is and you are right, We really need Tesla here!
The Ford Mach-E is expected in Kuwait by 2022, so that should be interesting and probably cause more of these stations to pop up