Price Index

Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric 612,900 AEDBMW 7 Series 750e 489,000 AEDZeekr 9X 369,900 AEDToyota Land Cruiser VX 329,000 SARLynk & Co 900 255,000 AEDLexus NX 350h 219,500 SARMercedes-Benz GLA 250 195,000 AEDBYD Seal Design 149,900 AEDJetour T2 1.5T 112,000 SARPorsche Cayenne Turbo Electric 612,900 AEDBMW 7 Series 750e 489,000 AEDZeekr 9X 369,900 AEDToyota Land Cruiser VX 329,000 SARLynk & Co 900 255,000 AEDLexus NX 350h 219,500 SARMercedes-Benz GLA 250 195,000 AEDBYD Seal Design 149,900 AEDJetour T2 1.5T 112,000 SAR

Thursday 1 October 2026 — 19 Rabi al-Thani 1448العربية

Last updated 09:42 Gulf time
Dubai desk

Breaking08:30BYD sales rise 17% in September as exports more than double

Tag archive

Charging infrastructure

Everything the Gulf Auto newsroom has published under “Charging infrastructure” — reports, analysis and data tables, newest first.

23 stories

09:10

A Tesla Model Y at a motor show

Tesla registrations rise across key European markets in September

Registrations climbed in France, Norway and Sweden, extending Tesla’s European recovery as demand for electric cars keeps growing.

1 October · 4 min read · 150K views

09:05

A fuel pump at a filling station

Guide: does your car actually need 98 octane?

The gap between grades in the Gulf is sometimes double. This guide sets out when the higher grade is a necessity and when it is spending without return.

1 October · 5 min read · 79.5K views

13:50

A Zeekr 9X sports utility vehicle

Data & Rankings

The most powerful in our database: four Chinese cars in the top five

The Zeekr 9X leads with up to 1,400hp and the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric is second with 1,156 — and four of the top five are Chinese.

30 September · 5 min read · 96.6K views

11:35

A Saudi-built Lucid Air photographed in Bahrain

Data & Rankings

Electric car adoption in the Gulf: the available indicators and what is missing

A table of what has actually been announced about charging and electric fleets in the region, identifying the gaps in the data.

28 September · 5 min read · 199K views

09:20

A NIO ET5 electric car

A researcher’s guide: where car market figures come from and how to read them without being misled

Deliveries are not sales and sales are not registrations, and market share moves when the denominator moves. Six methodological distinctions that separate sound analysis from a recurring error.

27 September · 7 min read · 209K views

10:50

A main road in Dubai at night

Dubai passes 47,000 electric cars with a network above 2,200 charge points

Dubai’s electric fleet reached 47,944 vehicles by the end of 2025, up 27.9%, while charge points passed 2,200 in early 2026.

25 September · 4 min read · 148K views

11:20

A Xiaomi SU7 electric car

Data & Rankings

China’s best sellers 2025: a small electric car leads and BYD places four models

The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV leads, the Geely Xingyuan jumps 772.6%, and Xiaomi puts two models on the list in its second year.

24 September · 6 min read · 167K views

09:40

A desert road in Saudi Arabia

Guide: electric or hybrid in Gulf heat? Five questions that settle it

Heat, long distances and charging patterns change the equation in the region from what it is in Europe — and these are the questions that decide it.

24 September · 6 min read · 166K views

14:15

A white Zeekr 9X on a road at sunset

Events & Launches

Zeekr 9X shipments to the UAE begin with deliveries starting in October

The marque has announced the start of commercial-volume shipments to the UAE market at AED 369,900, with first customer deliveries in October.

22 September · 4 min read · 119K views

09:45

An electric vehicle charging station

Data & Rankings

Electrification passes 65% of Chinese sales: a monthly penetration table for 2026

From 38.6% in January to 65.2% in August — the fastest structural shift in any major car market, with penetration at Chinese marques alone reaching 80.1%.

22 September · 5 min read · 168K views

12:00

An electric vehicle charging station

Charging in twenty minutes: what the figure actually means in a Gulf summer

Fast charging figures are measured in ideal conditions. These are the four factors that separate the quoted number from the time you will actually wait.

20 September · 5 min read · 103K views

10:25

An electric vehicle charging station

Data & Rankings

Gulf charging networks by the numbers: targets against reality

A table bringing together the targets of E2GO, EVIQ, ADNOC and Dubai, and measuring the distance between what exists and what has been announced.

18 September · 4 min read · 195K views

13:45

A desert road in Saudi Arabia

EVIQ targets five thousand chargers across a thousand Saudi sites by 2030

The infrastructure company owned by the sovereign fund and the electricity company is building the national network, prioritising the Riyadh–Jeddah desert corridor.

17 September · 4 min read · 112K views

14:10

A Toyota Land Cruiser of the J300 generation

Data & Rankings

World best sellers 2025: RAV4 and Corolla lead as the Model Y slips

A table of the nine best-selling models worldwide, with a note on where sources disagree about which actually holds first place.

16 September · 5 min read · 197K views

10:40

A car meet at The Pavilion in Downtown Dubai

Events & Launches

Zeekr opens its redesigned flagship showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road

The new Dubai site has interactive ordering screens, two charging stations, two delivery bays and a hospitality lounge, in partnership with AWR Automotive.

11 September · 4 min read · 159K views

09:30

Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, the E311, in the United Arab Emirates

ADNOC opens a sixty-plug charging hub on the Abu Dhabi–Dubai road

The hub at Seih Shuaib on the E11 charges most cars from zero to 80% in about twenty minutes, part of a plan for twenty hubs by 2027.

11 September · 4 min read · 79.9K views

14:20

The Abu Dhabi skyline from the Corniche

E2GO targets seventy thousand charge points in the UAE by 2030

The joint venture between TAQA and ADNOC Distribution has set a long-range target many times what the country has today.

9 September · 4 min read · 122K views

12:15

A Mercedes-Benz electric multi-seat vehicle

Mercedes expands the electric VLE range with all-wheel drive and entry trims

The company has added the electric VLE 400 4MATIC and new entry-level versions, with further personalisation options for its luxury people carrier.

8 September · 5 min read · 118K views

09:00

King Fahd Road in Riyadh

Data & Rankings

Saudi best sellers: Toyota keeps a third of the market, four Chinese marques in the top ten

A full table of the Kingdom’s ten best-selling marques in the first half of 2026, with their market shares in a market of about 410,000 vehicles.

14 August · 5 min read · 112K views

09:50

An industrial and port area in Dubai

Events & Launches

AGMC lays the foundation stone for an integrated Geely facility at Ras Al Khor in Dubai

Geely’s UAE distributor has begun building a facility combining sales and aftersales, a sign of Chinese marques moving from showroom expansion to infrastructure investment.

2 July · 4 min read · 133K views

19:00

The north grandstand at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Events & Launches

Zeekr marks five years with a track day at Yas Marina Circuit

More than two hundred owners and media on the Grand Prix circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the first regional appearance of the Zeekr 9X and drift and drag runs.

24 June · 5 min read · 147K views

10:00

A street scene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Events & Launches

Tesla opens its Riyadh centre and widens its presence in the Kingdom

The centre carries the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck, following the company’s entry into the Saudi market and pop-up stores in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.

24 June · 4 min read · 195K views

08:25

A Nissan GT-R on display at the 2007 Dubai Motor Show

Markets & Prices

Average new-car prices in the Gulf: a climb, then a turn

The average rose 28% between 2020 and 2024 and has been falling since. This report unpacks both the climb and the turn, and shows why neither means what it appears to mean.

11 March · 9 min read · 212K views