EV adoption is rapidly increasing, more than 50%, year by year. With this huge trend, cities need to prepare the right electricity grid and infrastructure to support this demand. Cezanne Maherali of Uber, Haider Al-Zaabi of Mays EV, and Samar Ibrahim of EY talk policymaking and charging infrastructure and look into EV's integration with new technologies and its eco-friendly aspect.

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HIGHLIGHTS

3:03 - Technology & EVs

6:09 - Changes in policymaking

11:22 - Startups' role in the future of EVs

13:36 - The right infrastructure

17:42 - Sustainability

23:!2 - Role of the private sector

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QUOTES

"The ability to charge your car at home is a new thing."

"It's a huge industry that will definitely grow so much within the next few years."

"So even though the charging infrastructure exists, it's not close to where drivers are living."

"It's still far more expensive to own and operate and battery electric vehicle versus, you know, a typical ice vehicle."

"How can you incentivize consumers and drivers to be able to want to opt for going green versus traditional?"

"The future of EVs is more acceptance towards implementing these technologies."

"We're looking into, for example, hydrogen, solid state, new types of batteries, which are more environmentally friendly than the existing ones"

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