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

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Software-defined vehicles

Everything the Gulf Auto newsroom has published under “Software-defined vehicles” — reports, analysis and data tables, newest first.

11 stories

11:15

A Changan Deepal S7 electric car

Huawei’s alliance falls 29% even as the smart driving race intensifies

The HIMA alliance posted the sharpest decline among September’s manufacturers at 29.15%, in a market where smart driving systems have moved from a differentiator to standard equipment.

1 October · 5 min read · 134K views

14:00

A self-driving vehicle fitted with sensors

Pony.ai secures a Dubai testing permit and targets commercial operation

The third Chinese company to enter the emirate’s autonomous driving market, after deploying driverless test vehicles.

30 September · 4 min read · 82.3K views

10:15

A fuel station

Sustainable fuel in Formula 1: what it means for Gulf refineries

The 2026 rules mandate a 100% sustainable fuel that runs in a conventional combustion engine — and that single point is what makes this an industrial file rather than a sporting one.

23 September · 5 min read · 99.1K 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

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

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

15:20

A self-driving vehicle fitted with sensors

What does “level four” autonomy mean, and how does it differ from what is in your car?

The services running in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are level four, while most production car systems stop at level two — and the difference is fundamental, not incremental.

8 September · 5 min read · 171K views

12:15

The north grandstand at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi becomes the first Middle East city to run a commercial driverless robotaxi

WeRide operates the TXAI service on Yas Island, the first level-four service available on the Uber platform outside the United States.

27 August · 4 min read · 136K views

16:30

An Apollo Go Apollo RT6 robotaxi on the road in Wuhan, China

Uber and Baidu launch driverless cars in Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim in Dubai

Uber riders in Dubai can now hail fully driverless Apollo Go vehicles, in the world’s first multi-partner autonomous network.

20 August · 5 min read · 109K views

14:50

A Chery Tiggo 8 sports utility vehicle

Omoda and Jaecoo bring AI self-parking to the UAE

A system that lets the car manoeuvre itself and search for a free space, offered on selected models in the UAE market.

14 August · 4 min read · 192K views