If you thought the Tesla Cybertruck looked extreme, think again. Meet the Exobot Sedan and SUV, the first models built by the Saudi-Arabian company Ceer Motors.
Ceer Motors is a relatively new carmaker, founded in 2022. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) backs it and aims to diversify the country’s economy and reduce its dependence on oil revenues.
The PIF started a joint venture with the Taiwanese company Foxconn, known for building iPhones, but it also has an automotive branch. Besides those big names, it also has links to BMW, Rimac, Siemens, and Hyundai Transys for its parts supply.
The company will build its cars in Saudi-Arabia. It will be the first manufacturer to do so, and it also aims to use 45% locally sourced materials by 2034. Ceer is Arabic for ‘drive forward’, and the company plans to launch a broad range of seven cars by 2030. Not only high-end EV’s, but also smaller cars with combustion engines.
Designed to attract attention
The first two models, however, are spectacularly looking and performing electric cars: the Exobot Sedan and Exobot SUV. Their expressive exterior was designed by former McLaren design director Rob Melville.
The wedge-shaped sedan and SUV wouldn’t look out of place in a RoboCop or Batman movie. The front wheels are 23 inches in diameter, with 24 inches at the rear. Perfect to attract attention, both for the driver and for a brand trying to build an image.
The interior, accessible via gullwing doors, boasts an equally eye-catching design. A 48-inch 8K display spans the dashboard, and a 10.4-inch 2K central screen serves as the command center. The yoke steering wheel is connected to steer-by-wire technology.
The interior is flooded with light coming from the largest windshield ever produced, according to Ceer. It measures 2.4 meters long and has a radical 15° inclination. An advanced reflective coating keeps as much solar heat as possible out of the cabin.
Ceer wants the cars to reflect Saudi Arabian culture, with subtle integration of several details. The lights are made up of 32 light bars, referencing 1932, the year Saudi Arabia became a Kingdom. The wheels feature triangular shapes inspired by the Al-Lahuj openings in the local architecture.
Powerful, with more to come
Both cars are fully electric and share the same platform with a 3.2-meter wheelbase. The Sedan is more than 5.2 meters long, with the SUV measuring slightly more than 5 meters. Both are 2.1 meters wide.
Under the eye-catching design, the Exobots hide equally impressive firepower. Both carry three electric motors with a total of 850 horsepower and 1.000 Nm. This gives the Sedan a 0-100 sprint time of 2.6 seconds and the SUV 2.9 seconds. Even more powerful drivelines will come later, with a total of 1.111 hp and 1.500 Nm.
Both models get an NMC battery pack (nickel-manganese-cobalt) with a capacity of 112 kWh, giving the Sedan a range of 670 km and the SUV 560 km. However, the range is measured using the NEDC cycle, not the WLTP.
But the figures are just for information anyway, since there is no confirmation (yet?) that the cars will come to the European market. DC fast charging is rated at 250 kW.
