Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls
EV Revolution Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls. Ceer Motors Ceer Motors By Indranil Ghosh 1 October 2026 Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown electric-vehicle maker is set to take on a U.S. rival the kingdom already controls. Ceer Motors, majority-owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, revealed two electric car models on September 21, with deliveries promised for March 2027.
- ▪EV Revolution Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
- ▪Ceer Motors Ceer Motors By Indranil Ghosh 1 October 2026 Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown electric-vehicle maker is set to take on a U.S. rival the kingdom already controls.
- ▪Ceer Motors, majority-owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, revealed two electric car models on September 21, with deliveries promised for March 2027.
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EV Revolution Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls. Ceer Motors Ceer Motors By Indranil Ghosh 1 October 2026 Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown electric-vehicle maker is set to take on a U.S. rival the kingdom already controls. Ceer Motors, majority-owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, revealed two electric car models on September 21, with deliveries promised for March 2027. The EVs were designed and engineered in Saudi Arabia, and will be built at Ceer’s plant in King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. This is the PIF’s third EV bet. It bought about 5% of Tesla in 2018 and sold almost all of it by the end of 2019.
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