General Motors (GM) and Al Mansour Automotive Group, two of the leading automotive companies in Egypt, signed a MoU with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Exclusive Mobility Principal Partner for the 2022 COP27.

COP27 will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh from the 6th to the 18th of November 2022. GM and Al Mansour Automotive will be providing 150 electric vehicles, highlighting the breadth of GM’s global EV portfolio.

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The vehicles will facilitate the transport of VIPs, dignitaries and participants of the conference as a way to help reduce tailpipe carbon emissions in Sharm El-Sheikh during COP27.

The MoU was signed by Ashraf Ibrahim, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and the General Coordinator of the COP 27 conference, and Sharon Nishi, Managing Director of General Motors Egypt, and Ankush Arora, CEO of Al Mansour Automotive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.

COP27 is a call for collective global action to reduce carbon emissions and encourage investments in environmentally friendly projects to help achieve solutions that are safer and more sustainable for the environment.

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