Ceer Motors and the Logic of a Saudi “National Champion”
Ceer Motors is not just Saudi Arabia’s first EV brand. It is a deliberate attempt to build advanced automotive manufacturing capability inside the Kingdom, on its own terms.
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The Economic Paradox Behind EV Ownership in the Gulf
Electric vehicles in the Gulf are meant to be cheaper to own. Yet for many drivers, rising insurance premiums and high repair costs are offsetting the savings from low charging prices. This article explains why EV economics in the UAE look very different from what early adopters expected.
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The GCC Super-Highway: How the Riyadh–Dubai–Muscat Corridor Is Removing the Final Barrier to EV Adoption
As urban charging density reaches maturity across the GCC, the next test for electric vehicles is long-distance travel. Along the 1,500 km Riyadh–Dubai–Muscat corridor, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman are building a coordinated network of ultra-fast chargers, grid upgrades, and regulatory mandates designed for reliability across borders and extreme climates. This corridor is emerging as the proving ground for electric mobility at Gulf scale.
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From Black Gold to White Oil: Saudi Arabia’s Race to Control the Battery Midstream
As the global energy transition accelerates, control over lithium processing has become the true source of power in the battery economy. Saudi Arabia is responding by anchoring domestic refining in Yanbu, extracting lithium from oilfield brines, and securing global supply through sovereign capital. The result is a coordinated strategy to control the battery midstream, where value, resilience, and industrial leverage converge.
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How Gulf Startups Build What Actually Works
Gulf entrepreneurship is often described through the language of state ambition, national visions,...
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Degree vs Pedigree in the Gulf, Why Skills Are Replacing Credentials
For decades, university degrees functioned as economic filters across the Gulf. A credential from...
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Optimizing the Holy Journey: How Quantum Computing Could Reshape Hajj Logistics
Each year, more than two million people converge on Makkah within a matter of days. They arrive...
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How NextGen Leaders Are Rebuilding Gulf Family Businesses From the Inside
By 2030, more than one trillion dollars in assets will transfer to the next generation across the...
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Q-Day in NEOM: Building a City Immune to Future Hackers
Q-Day as an Infrastructure Risk, Not a Cyber Event Few technology risks require governments to...
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Stratospheric Servers: How Saudi Arabia Is Redesigning the Future of Quantum Computing
Why Quantum Infrastructure Has Become a Strategic Liability For more than a decade, leadership in...
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The Difference Between Saudi Vision 2030 and We the UAE 2031, and Why Your Content Strategy Must Change
To an external observer, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates can appear to be pursuing the...
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The Barakah of the Unboxing: Why Luxury Gifting Works as a B2B Content Channel
In the UAE, senior executives are saturated with digital communication. Email, LinkedIn messages,...
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