- Ceer’s upcoming electric crossover has been spied undergoing testing.
- The wedge-shaped model will have the world’s largest windshield.
- Company has announced powertrain deals with Rimac and Hyundai.
Crossover design tends to be pretty boring as companies typically go boxy or embrace a few curves. As a result, many models end up looking slightly generic and somewhat similar.
That’s certainly not the case with Ceer’s upcoming model, which looks like nothing else on the road. As you can see in these spy photos, the crossover features a wedge-shaped design with a massive windshield. It’s sourced from Isoclima and the automaker has already revealed it’ll be the “world’s largest windshield.”
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The companies didn’t mention dimensions, but noted the windshield will have an Infrared Reflective Triple Silver coating to minimize solar heat absorption. That’s pretty important considering Ceer is based in Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, the windshield will have an acoustic interlayer to improve sound insulation and a “Wide Color Band” in the header area. The latter acts as a tinted sunshade to provide additional protection.
Putting the windshield aside, the model features triangular wheels and what appears to be butterfly or gullwing doors with glass panels. They’re joined by thick side skirts and black cladding.
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Elsewhere, we can see slender lighting units and what appears to be digital side mirrors. The model also has an angular rear end with a unique liftgate and a shelf-like license plate recess.
Little else is known about the vehicle at this point, but Ceer was launched in 2022 by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman with money from the country’s Public Investment Fund. They’ll “design, manufacture and sell a range of vehicles for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region, including sedans and SUVs.”
The company is a joint-venture with Foxconn, which was tasked with developing an electrical architecture for the vehicles. At the time, Ceer announced they’d license component technology from BMW and vehicles would arrive in 2025.
That date didn’t stick, but Ceer has been building a plant in the King Abdullah Economic City and they announced a powertrain deal with Hyundai last year. It will see them use electric drive systems – that combine a motor, invertor, and reduction gear – from the Korean firm.
More recently, the company announced a separate powertrain deal with Rimac Technologies. This is for high-performance drive systems, although specifics are hazy.