<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi\nArabia announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lucid to purchase a\nminimum of 50,000 electric vehicles and up to 100,000 electric vehicles over a ten-year period in an effort to\ndiversify its fleet to be more environmentally friendly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This agreement is a\nsignificant move that supports the key objectives of Vision 2030 including\ndiversifying and transforming the economy, society and lives of the people of\nSaudi Arabia, building new sectors fit for the future and creating skilled jobs\nfor future generations. It also comes in alignment with the Saudi Green\nInitiative and the Middle East Green Initiative, which were previously\nannounced by His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement with Lucid reflects the\ngovernment\u2019s efforts to diversify its fleet of vehicles aiming at reducing\ncarbon emission and inspiring sustainable transportation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucid has\nbeen selected as they are building a factory to assemble these vehicles within\nthe Kingdom, which will transition over time to full production. This will\nsupport the government\u2019s local content drive, diversify the economy, provide\nthousands of highly skilled job opportunities and provide economic benefit to\nthe Kingdom in line with Vision 2030. It will also help Saudi Arabia realise\nits ambition to be a major regional and global manufacturing base for the next\ngeneration of electric vehicles as Lucid aims for the factory to ultimately\nproduce up to 150,000 cars per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By entering into the agreement, the Kingdom\nalso aims to diversify the technologies used in the private transport sector as\npart of its continued efforts to develop technologies for managing vehicles\nemissions, which includes, but is not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saudi Arabia is placing this order now, as\ndemand for electric vehicles is high, many other governments are considering\ntaking orders. This also provides Saudi Arabia with the opportunity to work\nwith Lucid on the development of new models and vehicles to suit the\ngovernment’s vehicular needs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lucid to purchase a minimum of 50,000 electric vehicles and up to 100,000 electric vehicles over a ten-year period in an effort to diversify its fleet to be more environmentally friendly. This agreement is a significant …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-news"],"yoast_head":"\n