Dubai’s EV scene has shifted from “early adopter” to everyday reality: you’ll spot electric cars in school runs, corporate car parks, and airport runs, while charging points are increasingly visible at malls, residential communities, and along highways. This matters because buyers here expect convenience and speed; if charging feels easy, adoption accelerates.
This shift isn’t just consumer-driven. Dubai’s clean mobility strategy aims for electric and hybrid vehicles to make up 30% of total vehicles by 2030. Individual buyers are moving toward EVs to reduce fuel and maintenance costs. Logistics operators, ride-hailing companies, and corporate fleets are replacing internal combustion vehicles as part of cost-control and sustainability targets. At the premium end, Tesla and other high-performance electric models continue to attract steady interest. Sales activity often increases around new model launches, year-end promotions, and fleet replacement cycles.
You might be running a boutique showroom for premium EV buyers, importing vehicles in bulk for a logistics or ride-hailing fleet, or taking online orders and sourcing cars on demand. Whatever the model, this business is less about promotion and more about supplier access, accurate documentation, and getting the vehicle delivered to the customer without delays. Operating legally begins with securing the correct Electric Cars Trading business license in Dubai.
Electric Cars Trading - 4510.90
This business activity allows you to operate a licensed trading business for the wholesale and retail sale of fully battery-powered passenger vehicles. The activity covers the commercial buying and selling of electric cars, including importing, exporting, and distributing vehicles for resale through authorised commercial channels.
Under this business activity you can:
- Trade new and used electric passenger vehicles on a wholesale or retail basis
- Import vehicles from manufacturers, distributors, or international suppliers for resale
- Sell vehicles to individual customers, businesses, or fleet operators
- Maintain inventory or operate on a supply-to-order trading model
- Manage sales transactions, contracts, and customer documentation
- Maintain vehicle records, including specifications, VIN/chassis details, warranty information, and invoices
- Coordinate logistics, customs clearance, storage, and delivery through approved transport and handling providers
- Operate through a showroom, sales office, yard, or online retail platform
In practice, this could mean operating a showroom that stocks ready-delivery electric models such as Tesla, BYD, or other premium brands for walk-in retail buyers. You might also run an import-led trading business that brings in vehicle batches against confirmed purchase orders and supplies them to delivery companies, ride-hailing operators, or corporate mobility fleets replacing petrol vehicles. Some traders work on a demand-driven model, sourcing specific models from international markets once a customer confirms the order and then managing shipping, customs clearance, and local handover.
However, this business activity has defined limits. It does not cover the wholesale and retail sale of parts or accessories for motor vehicles, renting of motor vehicles with a driver, renting of trucks with a driver, or renting of motor vehicles and trucks without a driver.
This business activity is ideal for entrepreneurs looking to build a flexible EV trading business across retail, fleet supply, and import distribution.
Third-Party Approval:
No third-party approval is required for this business activity.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance:
Business activity 4510.90 is exempt from this requirement.
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