Author: UAE Automotive Editorial Team

Al Sajaa is an industrial district on the Sharjah–Dhaid highway, next to Emirates Road (E611), built around Al Sajaa Industrial Oasis (ASIO) — a 14-million-square-foot zone developed by Sharjah Asset Management Holding (SAM). Two things almost every article on this keyword misses: Al Sajaa runs on Sharjah’s mainland licensing system (SEDD), not free zone rules, and it’s still an active energy production site — not just a warehouse district. Both facts change how you should plan a lease or business setup here. We pulled land records, SEDD licensing rules, and Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) data to put this together,…

In the UAE, the best coffee is divided into two kinds not covered by any guide: specialty coffee made from espressos (Al Quoz roasters in Dubai, Aljada cluster in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi hotel cafés) and traditional gahwa (Arabic coffee with cardamom spice, UNESCO-listed), which is actually very important for Emirati culture. We compared working hours, prices, and addresses of cafes with information on the websites of the companies and hotels themselves and sorted out all of the options depending on your needs: a quick morning coffee, a place to work, or beans to go. This is what makes our list…

Terminal 1 at Dubai International Airport handles more than 50 international carriers — everyone except Emirates (Terminal 3) and flydubai (Terminal 2). If you’re flying British Airways, Lufthansa, Air India, Qatar Airways, or one of dozens of others, you’ll check in at T1, clear security into Concourse D, and depart from there. Our team has transited through this terminal repeatedly over the past few years, and several details below — the pickup restriction, the two different concourse connections, the active refurbishment — are things we noticed on the ground that most guides still don’t mention. Quick Facts DetailVerified InformationAirlines served50+…

Etisalat Metro Station is the north terminus of the Dubai Green Line, located on Al Nahda Road, Al Qusais, next to the border of Sharjah. It has been renamed “E&” since September 2024, after being renamed “Etisalat by e&” in February 2023, however “Etisalat” remains the most commonly searched name of the station, and also what the station was formerly known as among taxi drivers.We’ve broken down exactly where it is, how it runs, and what to expect if you’re driving in versus taking a feeder bus. Name Change History — Etisalat → Etisalat by e& → E& This station…

If your boarding pass says Terminal 2, you’re in a separate, standalone building on the opposite side of Dubai International Airport from Terminals 1 and 3. There’s no walking between them, no shared metro line, and a different set of expectations around size and facilities. Here’s what our research confirms directly from official sources, plus what to actually do about it. What Terminal 2 Is, and Why It’s Different From T1 and T3 The second terminal was commissioned on 1st May 1998 and was designed to ease congestion in the first terminal. The terminal is located to the north of…

Al Khail Mall sits on Latifa Bint Hamdan Street in Al Quoz 4, and it’s open daily, roughly 8:00 AM to midnight. It’s a mid-sized, budget-friendly community mall built around a LuLu/Grand Hyper hypermarket — not a tourist destination, and not the same place as “Al Khail Avenue” in Jumeirah Village (more on that mix-up below). If you’re heading there for groceries, gold shopping, a government-services errand, or a low-key family outing, here’s what we found after cross-checking more than a dozen sources, mall directories, and visitor reviews against each other. We pulled directly from property blogs, mall directory listings,…

Check your RTA fines in under two minutes at traffic.rta.ae (the current portal path is ums.rta.ae/violations/public-fines/fines-search) using your Traffic File Number, Emirates ID, plate number, or driving licence number — no login required for a basic search. Fines currently range from AED 300 for minor speeding to AED 200,000 for offences now classed as criminal under the UAE’s updated traffic law. Our team at UAE Automotive cross-checked every figure below against the RTA’s own service page and the official Dubai Police fine schedule before publishing this, and we’ll flag anywhere the data has room to shift. A Note on Our…

In case you are searching Muwaileh Commercial for purchasing a car or doing its service, here is a direct response to your query; Muwaileh Commercial is a mixed commercial-residential area situated on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311), which houses a Tesla popup store, a Land Rover Dealership and some individual spare parts and workshops and not the used car souk. In case you want to visit Sharjah’s largest used car souk, it is called Souq Al Haraj located around 10-15 minutes’ drive from here in Al Ruqa Al Hamra. Our team has made a map indicating all the details…

Mafraq Traffic Department operates on Sheikh Makhtoum Bin Rashid Street in Baniyas East, near Bawabat Al Sharq Mall in Abu Dhabi and offers services related to vehicle registration, license renewal, transfer of ownership and traffic fine issues in relation to cars that are registered in Abu Dhabi. Our team has sent readers here for years, and the short version is this: it’s the go-to branch for residents on the eastern side of the capital and along the Al Ain Road and Dubai border corridor, and most transactions here can now be done online first through TAMM to avoid the counter…

Boulevard Plaza Tower 2 is right next to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard in Downtown Dubai, which is about 300 meters away from Burj Khalifa, having a 9-floor, 2,000+ car parking facility inside the structure. So, you park your vehicle under the building itself instead of searching for any available spot on the street, yet which Salik gate will be charged for entry, and how much will be the cost of travel based on that route will depend upon your starting point. All the details about routes, fees, and distances have been verified against the RTA and Salik’s up-to-date (2026)…