FILE - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inspects the country's exhibition for technologies of converting vehicles to run on natural gas - PresidencyCAIRO – 8 October 2022: Egypt, the host of the Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, aims to expand its presidential initiative of replacing old vehicles with others working with natural gas, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said. This will take place by engaging new cities and governorates to the initiative, Maait explained, noting that citizens of Upper Egypt’s Luxor and Aswan have been allowed to join the initiative. The number of applicants eligible for the initiative have reached more than 40,000 on the initiative’s website, Abdel Zaher noted. In December 2020, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered offering citizens with old vehicles a proper cash incentive in the event of replacing their vehicles with new ones that work with natural gas. In January 2021, then-Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea said Egypt plans to convert 150,000 old vehicles to new ones working with natural gas as part of the intiative.

Source: Egypt Today October 08, 2022 16:00 UTC