Ekar is Middle East’s first and largest car sharing mobility platform headquartered in Dubai. History Founded in 2016 by Vilhelm Hedberg, ekar had just 15 cars in its fleet to provide transportation services to Etihad Airways crew members. In 2017, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority selected ekar to launch the same initiative for all residents of Dubai by increasing its car fleet size to 100. Abu Dhabi's government-owned renewable energy company, Masdar has partnered with ekar to bring electric vehicle car-sharing to the Middle East in 2019. In June 2022, ekar partnered with Dubai based SellAnyCar. As per Forbes, ekar is the top 50 most funded startups of MENA region. According to Frost & Sullivan, ekar is the GCC Car Sharing Providers Company Of The Year in 2019. In April 2022, ekar launched contactless peer-to-peer carshare in Saudi Arabia. References Companies based in Dubai Companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Transport companies established in 2016