United Arab Emirates is currently building a $354 Million city with driverless cars and powered by solar

The UAE aims to have 75% of Dubai's energy come from clean sources by 2050. If the city pulls that off, it would have the smallest carbon footprint in the world. 

As part of this larger goal, local company Diamond Developers is building a city 18 miles outside central Dubai that's designed to produce more energy than it consumes. Called 

Sustainable City, the development is expected to cost $354 million and be fully complete by 2019.

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In 2013, Diamond Developers started building Sustainable City, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

Source: Arabian Business

The 113-acre city aims to curb CO2 emissions as much as possible. Cars are banned from most neighborhoods.

Residents are only permitted to take public transport, drive electric-powered smart cars, or take horse-drawn buggies.

Instead of gas stations, there are 250 charging stations.

On January 22, Dubai's transport authority signed an agreement to operate electric driverless cars in the new city. Homeowners also get a free electric golf cart or a $10,000 subsidy toward buying another electric vehicle.

Residents can also ride the city's electric buses for free.

Every home's roof features solar panels.

And a 98-foot-wide park with 2,500 trees also helps reduce air pollution.

Diamond Developers is building the city in two phases.

The first phase — which opened in 2015 — includes 500 villas, 89 apartment buildings, 11 dome greenhouses that cut through the center of the development, 32,300 square feet of outdoor urban farms, and 1.16 million square feet of office and retail space.