Early adopters of electric cars in oil-poor Jordan are now grappling with the conundrum of battery disposal, as demand for the technology grows rapidly in the region.
It’s been eight years since Jordan first started importing Electric Car—first country in the Middle East to do so—meaning that the battery warranty is now beginning to expire.
“Failure to comply with international standards for the proper disposal of electric vehicle batteries leads to serious environmental impacts, such as: they are prone to spontaneous combustion or the release of harmful chemicals”. Jordan University.
Jordan was an early adopter tram because, unlike its neighbors, the country is not an oil producer.
The country started importing electric cars for the first time in 2015 and the National Green Growth Plan was approved in 2017 to promote the use of electric cars.
As a result, electric cars make up at least 5% of all cars on the road in Jordan, with a sharp increase in gasoline prices spurring demand from a population of 11 million.
However, many owners still lack awareness about how to handle batteries.
Khawaja was one of the researchers involved in a study published in the journal Energy Storage Magazineabout the environmental impacts of energy storage waste and regional legislation to reduce these.
“Policies in Jordan are not entirely clear on how to handle electric vehicle batteries,” he told SciDev.Net.
MENA area
These concerns come as the entire region sees increased demand.
Electric vehicle sales across the Middle East and North Africa have grown from about 1,300 vehicles in 2017 to about 19,000 in 2021.
By 2026, sales in the region are expected to double to 45,000, in line with the global trend towards clean energyand efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
In December, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Motor Company to build an electric car plant, in line with the country’s goal of reducing carbon emissions. Kingdom.
A year earlier, Emirates Transport, a public transport supplier owned by the United Arab Emirates government, signed a memorandum of understanding with China Machinery Engineering Corporation to manufacture produce electric vehicles locally, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Rusul Al Shihab, director of the Earth Day environmental movement in the Middle East and North Africa, says the trend towards using electric cars has proven to be effective in reducing emissions, although “still in its infancy” primitive in the region.”
Al Shihab believes that more research will be needed to find out the true environmental impact of electric vehicles, “and consider the experiences of countries that have gone ahead of us in producing and deploying them.”
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