Dubai to host UAE’s first e-scooter race this year

The Dubai Sports Council and the Federation for Micromobilityand sport announce the creation of the Dubai Electric Scooter Cup, the pre-eminent showcase for e-scooter racing and micromobility potentality.

The Dubai Electric Scooter Cup will take place on December 9, 2023 and will unite the world’s best riders to race on the fastest electric scooter around the streets of Dubai.

Celebrating sustainability, new mobility, safety and inclusivity, twelve top male and female riders will compete together in a knockout style race for the title of the first Dubai Electric Scooter Cup Champion.

A special street track will be designed in downtown Dubai so the riders can race around landmarks, through walkways and across bridges at speeds of well over 100 kph.

Designed specifically for the Dubai Electric Scooter Cup, the RS-Zero scooter is not only the fastest in the world, with a top speed of 140 kph, it is state-of-the-art in it’s technology and designed to be the ultimate in elite performance.

The Federation for Micromobility and Sport spearheads the development of micromobility as an excitng new form of racing and as a more sustainable form of urban mobility.

This co-operaton with the Dubai Sports Council to host the first-ever Dubai Electric Scooter Cup has as its goal to pioneer development in safety, infrastructure and technology in the fast-growing micromobility sector.

Alex Wurz, President, Federation for Micromobility and Sport said: "This unique event will showcase the potental for micromobility - racing in close proximity with uncompromised safety principles through the cites of the future.

"This is a landmark agreement for the Federation with Dubai Sports Council and points to an exciting future.”