Saudi Arabia's First Car Company Launches With Wild-Looking 'Exobot' EVsInsideEVs[email protected] (Nico DeMattia)Mon, September 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTCAdd us on GoogleCeer Exobot EVsThe cars have yoke steering, 850 horsepower, and radical wedge designs.Saudi Arabia's first homegrown car company, Ceer, unveiled its first cars on Monday. The Exobot SUV and sedan are wild-looking, wedge-shaped EVs with gullwing doors. Ceer is a joint venture between the Saudi Public Investment fund and Foxconn, the contract manufacturing giant that assembles iPhones.Saudi Arabia's first automaker just revealed what it's been working on since it was founded in 2022. Ceer, the car startup created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Taiwanese contract-manufacturing giant Foxconn, will hit the EV market with two vehicles from the same "Exobot" platform, a sedan and an SUV. Spy shots hinted at it and the official photos from Monday's reveal confirm: These extreme-looking EVs make the Cybertruck look about as tame as a Honda Civic. The Saudis are swinging for the fences with Ceer, which is a key pillar of the Kingdom's strategy to diversify its business away from fossil fuels. Ceer Exobot SedanThe automaker plans to launch five more models over the next five years, making for a seven-car portfolio that spans propulsion types. But it starts with these otherworldly Exobot siblings, which were designed by Rob Melville, McLaren's former design director. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile the two cars have drastically different body styles, they have the same basic DNA. Both feature super-low noses and get taller at the back, lending them look that evokes the wedge-shaped cars of the 1970s.Ceer Exobot SUVBut they're distinctly futuristic, incorporating gullwing doors, copious amounts of glass, concept car-like bodywork, and light bars in front and back. I can't help but think of how much the sedan reminds me of the Herrera Riptide Terrier from Cyberpunk 2077. If photos of that game's cars weren't all over Melville's inspiration board, I'll be shocked. Those light bars, by the way, are fitted with 32 different lighting elements, as a way to honor Saudi Arabia's unification in 1932. According to Autocar, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a big say in what the final products looked like. Ceer Exobot Sedan"His Royal Highness really pushed us hard," Ceer boss James DeLuca told Autocar. "I've been in this industry for 47 years and our head of design, Rob Melville, came from McLaren. We thought we had done a pretty good job and the board said 'don't show us what the rest of the world is doing' we want something new, unique and different."Ceer Exobot SUVInside, the cars feature sharp edges and a yoke-shaped steering wheel that's missing its top bit. There's a massive 8K screen that spans the width of the windshield, plus a vertical touchscreen ahead of the center console and a ton of Lamborghini-like hexagonal shapes. Look closely and you'll also spot windows below the sedan's belt line, by the front passengers' outer knees. Other than that, the sparse, screen-heavy interior doesn't look nearly as original as these cars' exteriors. Ceer Exobot SedanAdvertisementAdvertisementUnder that wild-looking skin is an 800-volt platform three motors, a 112 kilowatt-hour battery, and a claimed 850 horsepower. DC fast-charging from a 10-80% state-of-charge takes 30 minutes and peaks at 250 kW, according to Ceer. That's about middle of the road these days. All of that goes for both the sedan and SUV.Where they differ are in range and acceleration. The sedan is quicker, hitting 62 mph in 2.6 seconds, while the SUV takes 2.9 seconds. The sedan has 416 miles of range, while the SUV has 348 miles. Both estimates are based on the NEDC cycle, so they're a bit more generous than EPA ratings. Last year, Ceer announced that Croatia's Rimac will supply its electric drive systems. Saudi Arabia wants Ceer to help turn it into a real manufacturing presence, and it joins Lucid Motors, which already manufactures cars in the country. But it doesn't seem like customers in the States will be able to buy one anytime soon—even if they're taken by the outlandish designs. (My eight-year-old thought the sedan looked "super cool.") According to its website, Ceer vehicles are "tailor-made" for Saudi Arabia and some neighboring countries. More EV News!Saudi Arabia Teams Up With Foxconn To Launch Its Own Ceer EV BrandLucid Gets Another $1.5 Billion Lifeline From Saudi ArabiaTesla Wants $50,000 Deposits For A Roadster Nobody Has Seen YetNissan's New Rogue Is A Different Kind Of Hybrid. Here's How Much It Costs.