Qatar: Public buses to go electric by 2022 FIFA World Cup
100 electricity-charging stations planned when nation hosts the sporting event
Cairo: Qatar has said that 25 per cent of its public buses will be powered by electricity by 2022 when it is due to host the FIFA World Cup.
The conversion is part of the country’s strategy for electric cars, the Qatari news agency QNA reported.
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The plan includes gradually converting public buses, school buses and the government-run vehicles to the use of electricity to cut harmful emissions, it added.
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