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EV charging at your property. Our capital, our licence, our problem.

Hikari Charge installs and operates fast charging under a site agreement. You keep your parking, your people get a service they are asking for, and you never write a cheque or file a DEWA form.

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Is this legitimate
Yes. Hikari Charge L.L.C holds a DEWA Independent CPO licence and a Dubai commercial licence for EV charging operation
Do I pay anything
No. Under our lead model Hikari funds, owns, insures, operates and maintains everything
What do I earn
Fixed rent, a share of charging revenue, or a blend. The structure and numbers are set in your proposal after the site visit
How long does it take
Typically 4 to 12 weeks from signature to a live charger, depending on power and approvals
Your property

Pick your property type.

Residential towers and communities

Your residents are already asking. Most towers built before 2014 have no provision, and every individual wallbox request means an NOC, a load study and a service-charge argument. One Hikari bay, run under our licence, answers all of them at once. We work with the developer, the RERA-approved management company or the owners committee, and the agreement is written so that a change of manager does not break it.

Supermarkets and community retail

A DC charge takes 20 to 40 minutes, which is a grocery run. Residents in apartment districts top up where they shop, and a lit charging bay is visible from the road. One commercial landlord, one decision, and bays that earn on top of footfall.

Offices and business parks

Daytime charging for tenants and visitors, which complements the evening demand elsewhere in our network. Charging staff cars counts as public charging under the Regulation, so the licence matters here even when the service is free.

Hotels

A guest service and a sustainability story at no cost to the owner. Hikari holds both the paid and the free-provision licence, so the hotel can choose to charge guests the regulated tariff or offer charging as an amenity. Valet and guest flows are designed with your front office.

Fleets

Delivery, ride-hail, taxi franchise, rental and limousine operators without a depot of their own. Predictable shifts mean predictable energy, which is why fleets are the sites we can move on fastest. We can also host your fleet at a partner site near your routes.

Healthcare, education and showrooms

Hospitals and campuses have staff and visitor demand on long dwell times, usually suited to a mixed layout. EV showrooms have natural fast-charging demand and a co-marketing partner on the forecourt.

First, the rule that matters

You cannot legally run this yourself. With Hikari you never have to.

Under Dubai's EV Charging Infrastructure Regulation, charging anyone other than yourself, including residents, guests, visitors and employees, is public charging. It requires a DEWA Charge Point Operator licence, whether you charge for it or give it away.

A licence is not a form. It is annual per-port fees, certified and calibrated hardware, a registered ID on every charge point, Arabic and English terms and signage, complaint records, insurance, availability reporting and DEWA audits. Hikari carries all of it on your behalf, and the Regulation makes that the normal route for a property.

Two ways to work with us

We publish our structures. Terms are agreed per site.

Hikari carries

  • Chargers, civil and electrical works
  • DEWA approvals and grid connection
  • Licence, registration, bilingual signage
  • Insurance, operation, maintenance, support
  • The utilisation risk

You provide

  • Two or more dedicated bays
  • An agreed power connection point
  • Signatures on the required NOCs
  • Nothing else

You earn

  • Fixed rent per bay, or
  • A share of charging revenue, or
  • A blend of both
  • Structure and numbers set in your proposal after the site visit
  1. Week 1Site visit
  2. Week 2Proposal
  3. Week 3Agreement
  4. Weeks 4 to 12Build and energise
  5. Year 1 onwardOperate, report, pay you

Term of 5 or 10 years, chosen per site. If you end it early you compensate the unrecovered investment on a scale that falls every year. If Hikari exits by choice, you owe nothing.

Already own chargers that cannot legally serve the public? Hikari can take compliant equipment under its licence and operations. Mention it in your assessment request.

How it works

From first call to live site in six steps.

Typically 4 to 12 weeks from signature to energisation, depending on site conditions and DEWA approvals.

Week 1

Site assessment

Free, within 48 hours of qualifying. We look at bays, electrical capacity, the connection point and the demand logic. If the site will not work, we say so.

You provide: site access and building information
Week 2

Proposal

One page: recommended model, charger count and power, layout, timeline, and the commercial terms including how you earn.

You provide: a decision
Week 3

Agreement

A short, plain-English site agreement with a one-page summary up front. The commercial choices sit in a single schedule, so there is little to negotiate.

You provide: a signature
Weeks 4 to 12

Approvals and build

DEWA design approval and connection, a dedicated EV-tariff account, civil and electrical works, installation, commissioning, charge-point registration and bilingual signage.

You provide: NOC signatures, access, power coordination
Live

Operation

Payments and regulated billing, 24/7 monitoring, driver support, complaint handling and DEWA reporting. You receive a quarterly service report and your agreed income.

You provide: nothing
Ongoing

Maintain and grow

Preventive maintenance, SLA-backed response, warranty and insurance management, and more bays as demand proves out.

You provide: nothing
Site criteria

What makes a Hikari site.

Sites that miss one of these are often still workable. Sites that miss three usually are not. Either way, the assessment is free.

CriterionWhat we look for
BaysAt least two dedicated bays, side by side, that can be reserved and enforced
PowerSpare capacity of roughly 60 to 150 kW at a reachable connection point, or a DEWA connection route we can build
Access24-hour access for public sites; defined hours are fine for residential and office sites
DemandA reason for cars to be there: residents without home charging, a fleet, shoppers, guests or staff
CounterpartyAn owner, developer or management company able to commit the bays for the term
Service commitments

Written into every agreement.

CommitmentLevel
Availability98% per charger per calendar quarter, excluding scheduled maintenance, grid outages and events outside our control
Monitoring24/7 remote monitoring of every charge point
Remote responseRemote diagnosis within 4 hours of fault detection or report
On-site responseEngineer on site within 1 business day where a fault cannot be fixed remotely
Preventive maintenancePer manufacturer schedule, at least twice a year
Reporting to youQuarterly service report: availability, sessions, incidents and resolution times
Questions hosts ask

Straight answers.

Is Hikari Charge a licensed EV charging operator in Dubai?

Yes. Hikari Charge L.L.C holds a DEWA Independent Charge Point Operator licence for paid and free provision of EV charging services, and a Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism commercial licence for EV charging station management and operation. Every Hikari site runs under that licence, which is why the property never needs one of its own.

Does a property owner in Dubai need a DEWA licence if an operator runs the chargers?

No. Under the EV Charging Infrastructure Regulation, public charging must be operated by DEWA or a licensed Charge Point Operator. When Hikari operates the chargers, the licence, the registration of each charge point, the bilingual terms and signage, the insurance and the DEWA reporting are all Hikari's, not the property's.

What does it cost a property to host Hikari chargers?

Nothing under Hikari's lead model. Hikari pays for the chargers, the civil and electrical works, the DEWA connection for the site, insurance, operation and maintenance. The property provides the bays, an agreed electrical connection point and signatures on the required NOCs.

How does a property earn from hosting EV chargers with Hikari?

Through fixed rent, a share of charging revenue, or a blend of the two. Which structure fits, and the figures, depend on the site: expected use, installation and power costs, and the term. Hikari sets them out in the proposal after the free site visit, so the owner decides with real numbers rather than estimates.

How long is a Hikari site agreement?

Five or ten years, chosen per site. Longer terms allow more hardware and better terms for the host, because a DC charger pays back slowly at a regulated tariff. If the host ends the agreement early, it compensates Hikari for the unrecovered investment on a sliding scale that falls every year. If Hikari exits by choice, the host owes nothing.

Who pays if the building's power supply needs upgrading?

Hikari pays for the connection from the agreed point to the chargers, including DEWA's connection works for the site. If the building's own incoming supply would need upgrading for the building's benefit, we identify that at assessment and discuss it before anyone commits. It usually decides whether the site is viable.

What happens if the building is sold or the management company changes?

The agreement is written to bind successors. Hikari works with the developer, the RERA-approved management company or the owners committee, attaches the relevant resolution, and includes step-in and novation terms so a change of manager does not interrupt the service.

Can a hotel or office offer free charging to guests or staff through Hikari?

Yes. Free charging for the public still requires a licence in Dubai, and Hikari holds the free-provision form as well as the paid one. Hotels and employers often choose this route. The commercial terms differ and are set out in the proposal.

Which chargers does Hikari install?

DC fast chargers as the default, AC only where dwell time genuinely suits it. Hardware is selected per site from InfyPower, Livoltek and SINO Energy and is not tied to one brand. All equipment meets DEWA's Technical Regulations: CCS2 and Type 2 connectors only, OCPP 1.6J or higher, calibrated metering, enclosures rated for Dubai's heat.

Who keeps non-electric cars out of the charging bays?

Hikari provides the signage and displays an overstay fee, which the Regulation permits. Day-to-day enforcement sits with the property, as with any reserved bay. We design the bay layout so it enforces itself as far as possible.

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