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Baker Institute: End of the ‘Big Oil giveaway’ is underway in the Persian Gulf

Green Car Congress

In recent years, all six Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain—have begun to challenge the notion that citizens are entitled to cheap energy. The authors said energy subsidies have long outlived their usefulness.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

Some of the top oil producers in the Middle East are making ambitious promises to transition away from the fossil fuels that have underpinned their economic growth, and shift to green technologies that are key to the world’s efforts to reduce emissions. In the UAE, where the government sets petrol pricing higher at $3.43 Chery Car Co.