Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Saudi Arabia Unveils EXOBOT Electric Vehicles, Plans Seven-Model Lineup
Saudi Arabia has shown two new electric vehicles made by a company called CEER.
They are called the EXOBOT sedan and EXOBOT SUV.
These are the first two vehicles in a planned group of seven models.
CEER hopes to launch the models over the next five years.
The cars are designed to reflect Saudi Arabia’s landscape and culture.
They are planned to be built at a new factory in Saudi Arabia, but mass production has not started yet.
Leaders hope the project will create jobs, attract investment and grow the country’s car industry.
The project is part of Saudi Arabia’s plan to diversify its economy.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled CEER’s EXOBOT electric sedan and SUV on Monday, September 21.
The models are the first two vehicles in CEER’s planned seven-model lineup over five years.
CEER says the vehicles will be designed, engineered and manufactured in Saudi Arabia.
Series production has not begun; manufacturing is planned at the CEER Manufacturing Complex in King Abdullah Economic City.
CEER projects more than SR30 billion in GDP contributions by 2034 and expects to create direct and indirect jobs.
- Who
- Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and CEER, Saudi Arabia’s national automotive company.
- What
- CEER unveiled its first electric vehicles, the EXOBOT sedan and EXOBOT SUV, as the first models in a planned seven-vehicle lineup.
- When
- Monday, September 21; the articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- The vehicles are intended for production at the CEER Manufacturing Complex in King Abdullah Economic City, within the King Salman Automotive Cluster.
- Why
- The launch supports Saudi Arabia’s efforts to attract investment, create jobs, develop its industrial sector and diversify its economy under Saudi Vision 2030.
- Vehicles unveiled
- EXOBOT electric sedan and EXOBOT SUV
- Planned lineup
- Seven vehicles over the next five years
- Manufacturing location
- CEER Manufacturing Complex in King Abdullah Economic City
- Production status
- Series production has not yet started
- Projected GDP contribution
- More than SR30 billion, or about US$8 billion, by 2034
- Projected trade contribution
- More than SR80 billion, or about US$21 billion, to Saudi Arabia’s trade balance
- Saudi electric-vehicle target
- 500,000 electric vehicles annually by 2030