The company will unveil the locally-developed ‘Alive 1’ by the end of the year, which will cost OMR15,000 ($38,964), according to a post on Instagram.
The company''s website says the five-seater EV can drive 510 km on a single charge. The battery can be turbo charged in 30 minutes.
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In another statement on the social messaging app X, Mays said it plans to increase production in the first year following an unexpected volume of orders.
The EV maker plans to produce various parts locally to reduce manufacturing costs.
In January,Said Hamood Al Maawali, the Omani minister for transport, communications and IT, said that the Gulf state plans to have 22,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2030 as part of its decarbonisation strategy.
A combination of technological advancements and robust charging infrastructure will accelerate the adoption of EVs, he said.
The country''s EV charging infrastructure will expand to include 350 public chargers across key arterial and public roads by 2026, the minister said.
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60,000sqm Suwaiq factory to produce 1,248 cars annually
Muscat – An idea of an electric car that emerged in 1987, and transformed into a working prototype in 2009, may finally see the light of day and be on roads as early as 2025.
Sultan bin Hamad al Amri, Chairman of Nur Majan Automobile Company, who has persistently pursued his dream of manufacturing the first electric vehicle (EV) in the region despite many challenges over the past decades, has entered a joint venture with a Canadian automotive manufacturer Trouvé Victory Inc to produce electric as well as hydrogen fuel cars.
Nur Majan''s working prototype of the gull-wing sports EV model was licensed by Omani authorities in 2015 and plans were in place to start production in 2018 at a 60,000sqm factory in Suwaiq. But floods that year delayed setting up the factory.
Speaking to Muscat Daily Amri said, "Our dreams are coming true. We will start producing electric cars in 2025, with an annual capacity of 1,248 cars. We have signed a contract with Trouvé Victory to fund the development of our factory and to produce the ''Sultanah'' electric car in Oman."
Elaborating on the name, Amri informed that a ship named Sultanah took Ahmed al Numan al Kaabi to America in 1840. "He was the first Arab emissary to visit the United States. He was sent by the Sultan of Oman, Sayyid Said bin Sultan, and he set sail from Zanzibar in the newly built ship to New York for trade between the two countries."
Amri informed that construction work of the factory will be completed in 2024 and production will begin at the end of 2025.
"The fast lean-green-Omani-machine will drive 600km on a single charge, with very little or no maintenance required up to 21 years," he claimed.
Powered by an 85W Lithium-ion battery, it will be equipped with a device to recharge automatically after the battery is drained. "The body is made of carbon fibre composite, which is ten times stronger than steel but five times lighter, giving the EV longer driving range on a single charge."
Amri is confident his dream will become a reality soon. "The factory employees 12 Omani and Arab engineers who will be engaged in production in the first phase of the project, besides exchanging expertise with the Canadian side. I have made more than 130 trips around the world to learn and gain insights into the EV industry."
Amri thanked H E Qais al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, for visiting the factory in 2021 to lend support to the project.
Trouvé Victory and Nur Majan plan to produce four EV models – sports, pickup trucks, sedans and SUVs. Hydrogen powered cars will be marketed in Canada and the United States, while electric cars are planned for the Middle East market.
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Muscat – Oman’s first electric vehicle (EV) – an SUV named Mays Alive – is set to hit the roads by the end of 2024, according to Haider bin Adnan al Zaabi, co-founder of Mays Motors.
Being manufactured in Duqm, a prototype of Alive was unveiled earlier this month in Muscat and North Batinah.
Speaking to Muscat Daily, Zaabi said, “Our first e-SUV Alive will be ready for customers by the end of this year, priced around RO15,000."
He informed that his team visited several car factories in Italy, Germany, China, USA and India to finalise specifications and the design of Alive.
"We are extremely proud to showcase Mays Alive. We have climbed mountains to reach here, and the journey of challenges has been beautiful and rewarding. It''s a miracle achieving this with limited resources and time," he posted on LinkedIn.
According to Zaabi, cars manufactured abroad with similar features cost over RO18,000.
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