Minister of Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsy announced that a cooperation agreement with MCV company has been established via a contract to manufacture the first Egyptian electric bus. This will done via a local manufacturing rate of up to 60 percent, in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 and keeping pace with the global development of the bus industry to operate with fuel alternatives. The Ministers of Local Development, Environment, Public Business Sector, Trade and Industry, and the Governor of Cairo participated in a Ministry of State event celebrating its Monday joint cooperation with MCV company. Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Sharawy urged the importance of all sectors of the state in joining forces to develop local manufacturing in this vital field, which the political leadership is paying great attention to. He explained that his ministry plans to modernize the public transport fleet in Cairo and Alexandria to operate with natural gas instead of diesel.

Source: Egypt Independent June 29, 2021 12:56 UTC