04:37Young Syrian engineer launches all-electric Tuk Tuk venture in Deir ez-Zor as fuel shortage continues
Duaa Ibrahim, a young female engineer, launched an all-electric Tuk Tuk venture in Syria’s Eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, in an attempt to deliver affordable transportation solutions to university students as fuel shortage continues.
"The idea came to me knowing the suffering of students, transportation is expensive for us, we cannot go to the university, so every day we take a taxi for 2500 Syrian Lira (0.99 USD/0.88 Euro), which is very expensive, but here the Tuk-Tuk is for 500 Lira (019 USD/0.17 Euro) it’s an amount that I think is appropriate for students,” Ibrahim said.
A customer who rode the Tuk-Tuk for the first time expressed her opinion about the new service, saying: "The service is excellent, the neighbourhoods here are close to each other, and it is a mean that serves us better than a taxi, for the prices are much lower 500 (Syrian) lira."
Tuk Tuks operate on electric energy, but the founder of the project expressed her desire to install solar panels to facilitate the charging process in light of the electricity shortages the country is experiencing.
According to reports, the Tuk Tuk project has not yet obtained official licensing, but the head of Deir ez-Zor city council stated that there is no objection to licensing it as a means of public transport if the laws and regulations allow it.
04:37Duaa Ibrahim, a young female engineer, launched an all-electric Tuk Tuk venture in Syria’s Eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, in an attempt to deliver affordable transportation solutions to university students as fuel shortage continues.
"The idea came to me knowing the suffering of students, transportation is expensive for us, we cannot go to the university, so every day we take a taxi for 2500 Syrian Lira (0.99 USD/0.88 Euro), which is very expensive, but here the Tuk-Tuk is for 500 Lira (019 USD/0.17 Euro) it’s an amount that I think is appropriate for students,” Ibrahim said.
A customer who rode the Tuk-Tuk for the first time expressed her opinion about the new service, saying: "The service is excellent, the neighbourhoods here are close to each other, and it is a mean that serves us better than a taxi, for the prices are much lower 500 (Syrian) lira."
Tuk Tuks operate on electric energy, but the founder of the project expressed her desire to install solar panels to facilitate the charging process in light of the electricity shortages the country is experiencing.
According to reports, the Tuk Tuk project has not yet obtained official licensing, but the head of Deir ez-Zor city council stated that there is no objection to licensing it as a means of public transport if the laws and regulations allow it.