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Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |

Automotive

Ceer Motors — Saudi Arabia's First Electric Vehicle Brand

Ceer Motors is Saudi Arabia's first homegrown electric vehicle brand — a $1.3 billion PIF-Foxconn joint venture with BMW component licensing and Hyundai Transys drive systems, building a 240,000 vehicle/year manufacturing complex in King Abdullah Economic City for Q4 2026 production launch. CEO James DeLuca.

Updated Apr 27, 2026

Investing in Saudi Manufacturing

Investment guide to Saudi manufacturing — industrial strategy, automotive ambitions, advanced zones, and localisation mandates under Vision 2030.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Lucid Motors Saudi Arabia: Company Profile and Vision 2030 Role

Profile of Lucid Motors' Saudi operations covering PIF investment, AMP-2 manufacturing facility, EV strategy, Vision 2030 alignment, and investment significance.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Manufacturing

Industrial cities, Made in Saudi initiatives, and localisation programmes advancing Vision 2030 goals.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

National Industry Strategy: Building Saudi Arabia's Manufacturing Base

An institutional analysis of Saudi Arabia's National Industry Strategy, examining the development of 36 industrial cities under MODON, manufacturing diversification into automotive, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and military industries, and the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Saudi Automotive Industry

An institutional analysis of Saudi Arabia's emerging automotive manufacturing sector, examining Lucid Motors, Ceer EV, SAMI's role, and the Kingdom's broader ambitions to build an integrated automotive value chain under Vision 2030.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Saudi Automotive Manufacturing: Lucid Motors Factory, EV Assembly, and Industrial Ambitions

Analysis of Saudi Arabia's automotive manufacturing covering the Lucid Motors factory, EV assembly, and industrial strategy.

Updated Apr 18, 2026