Al Ain

We are putting the spotlight on cities that are most likely to feel the impact.

It was Al Ain yesterday.

Today, we're heading

east to Fujairah.

Thank you so much for your time.

Puneet Vasu, the CEO of the Indian High Group of Schools.

If you were listening yesterday, you will remember that we put the spotlight on Al Ain.

We looked at how the economy is changing there and basically the impact that Etihad Rail is likely to have on the area as well.

If you carry on listening, we'll tell you in a few minutes because the agenda's Katie Chambers has everything that you need to know about the UAE's new commuter service.

Meanwhile, we are putting the spotlight on Al Ain this morning.

That says the city is looking to establish itself as a business centre in its own right, attracting major international companies and investing in new industries.

But what can Al Ain offer? that Abu Dhabi and Dubai don't.

What role will the city's university play in its growth? And what is it actually like to build a tech company there? We are going to be speaking to many business leaders from across Al Ain this morning as we focus on the Garden City.

Meanwhile, forget fizzy drinks or crisps or chocolate bars.

There's a new machine popping up around Dubai that's dispensing something rather different.

And we're starting to get a clearer picture of what that growth could actually look like.

The second five-year phase will focus more on improving the operational quality and efficiency of community facilities and services, maximizing service delivery.

The council reviewed Al-Ghad Nurseries, which have enrolled 3,253 children across 10 nurseries in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, expanding early education.

Al-Ghad Nurseries will expand from 3,000 to 12,000 seeds by 2029 across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Al Dhafra, showing future scaling.

The expansion is expected to create more than 1,000 additional employment opportunities for Emirati women in early childhood services, boosting female employment.

The council also approved the Abu Dhabi Program for the Future of Reproductive Health, covering prevention, genetic screening, fertility treatment, and assisted reproductive technologies, improving family health.

And then we have people commuting on longer distance.

We are very happy to have a plug-in so they don't have to... worried about, do I reach Abu Dhabi? Do I reach Al Ain? But then when they commute within the city, they can just drive pure EV.

So actually, we see a lot of diversity of usage and people enjoying, which is the most important.

The feedback that we get from our customers, they really like the car they drive.

I mean, actually, what we see is very diverse usage because, as I was just mentioning before, we distribute very different type of cars.

we have small cars we have sedan we have crossovers we have pickups so today the byd denza range covers almost 80 or 90 percent of the usage of the customers so you have customers just commuting in the city very happy to have a pure ev car and it's extremely affordable today above all if i compare with a new price of oil and then we have people commuting on longer distance we are very we are very happy to have a plug-in so they don't have to worried about do I reach Abu Dhabi, do I reach Al Ain, but then when they commute within the city, they can just drive pure EV.

So actually, we see a lot of diversity of usage and people enjoying, which is the most important.

The feedback that we get from our customers, they really like the car they drive.

But we always check where they stuck, how long it will take us to reach them.

If, for example, we receive they stuck in Fujairah or in Abu Dhabi or in Al Ain, Obviously, we cannot reach them on time.

So we are sharing with them the links of the other volunteers in the other Emirates who can help them and guide them.

And also we are asking what the card you have or send us the picture so we can check.

This is amazing.

Oh, and we can see what was filmed in Al Ain, in Oman, in Abu Dhabi.

This is awesome.

Yeah, there you have it.

Hello, Ronaldo.

Um, he's set to lead the Al Nassr side at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain tomorrow to take on the Al Ain, um, in the AFC Champions League.

Tickets, if you want them, guess what? You can't.

They're sold out.