[ti:Saudi Arabia Aims to Develop EV Industry]
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[00:00.04]Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars
[00:04.36]to become competitive
[00:06.24]in the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
[00:10.56]Such efforts are part
[00:12.88]of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's
[00:16.60]broader plan to create jobs
[00:19.40]and diversify the country's economy.
[00:22.96]The kingdom has invested at least $10 billion
[00:27.44]in Lucid Motors,
[00:29.20]a United States-based company.
[00:31.96]It also set up a Saudi EV company, Ceer,
[00:37.00]and built an EV metals factory.
[00:40.28]The Public Investment Fund (PIF),
[00:44.36]Saudi Arabia's $700 billion sovereign wealth fund,
[00:49.20]has a goal to produce 500,000 EVs yearly by 2030,
[00:55.76]up from a target of 150,000 in 2026.
[01:02.84]Yet by December, Ceer,
[01:05.20]which opened in September 2023,
[01:08.92]had put together around 800 vehicles.
[01:12.60]Those vehicles were based on kits
[01:15.92]supplied from the U.S. state of Arizona.
[01:20.44]Saudi Arabia has failed in the past
[01:23.28]to appeal to foreign car makers.
[01:26.36]Japan's Toyota rejected a proposed deal
[01:30.36]with Saudi Arabia in 2019.
[01:34.24]The company said labor costs were too high,
[01:37.72]local suppliers were too few,
[01:40.36]and the market was too small.
[01:43.36]As the world moves away from cars fueled by oil,
[01:48.24]experts say Saudi Arabia
[01:50.60]faces competition in the EV industry.
[01:55.16]"There is tremendous competition
[01:57.16]that the country will face from established
[02:00.52]manufacturing power houses
[02:03.00]and from established supply chains,"
[02:06.68]said Gaurav Batra of EY,
[02:09.48]a business advisory company.
[02:12.64]Batra added, "A lot of things need to come into place
[02:17.24]before this industry takes shape and really ignites."
[02:22.60]Saudi officials did not respond
[02:25.04]to Reuters news agency requests for comment.
[02:29.88]China currently leads the new supply chain
[02:33.48]as well as EV production.
[02:36.72]Chinese company BYD
[02:39.48]became the world's biggest maker of EVs last year,
[02:43.80]pushing Tesla motors into 2nd place.
[02:47.64]Saudi Arabia faces a lack of auto parts supply
[02:52.80]- anything from car doors to engines.
[02:56.60]There is no major local industry
[02:59.28]to produce these goods.
[03:01.44]The EV manufacturer Ceer,
[03:04.52]a joint project between the PIF
[03:07.72]and Taiwanese company Foxconn,
[03:10.48]plans to launch a car by 2025.
[03:14.68]But the company has not yet built its factory.
[03:19.32]A source connected to Ceer said it was unlikely
[03:23.72]the company would have a vehicle on the road
[03:26.80]before 2026.
[03:29.20]The source spoke on condition
[03:31.84]that they not be identified.
[03:34.32]In October, South Korean car manufacturer
[03:38.76]Hyundai and the PIF announced a project
[03:42.96]to build a factory for traditional engine vehicles
[03:47.12]and electric vehicles.
[03:49.48]The project, along with those of Lucid and Ceer,
[03:54.24]would create a group of factories
[03:57.00]in Jeddah's King Abdullah Economic City.
[04:01.64]Ceer will get parts from Germany's
[04:04.28]BMW automobile company, including batteries,
[04:08.56]the highest cost single part of an EV.
[04:12.72]Lucid vice president Faisal Sultan
[04:16.08]told Reuters in December that Saudi Arabia
[04:20.00]needed the presence of critical suppliers.
[04:23.20]He said the Saudi factory only rebuilt vehicles
[04:27.60]and the Arizona site
[04:29.60]carried out quality control testing.
[04:33.28]The company's idea - keeping the supply chain
[04:36.80]and vehicle manufacturing in the United States
[04:40.44]- could lead other companies
[04:42.24]to set up rebuild sites as well.
[04:45.04]As a result, these companies might
[04:48.08]be able to get Saudi incentives,
[04:50.96]a Saudi auto industry leader said.
[04:54.00]But such moves could slow the growth
[04:56.96]of local Saudi manufacturing
[04:59.36]as the country would continue
[05:01.56]to import foreign-made cars.
[05:04.80]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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