Heard of first-ever EV from Lebanon? A tale of driving ahead despite challenges HT Auto Desk Lebanon would hardly ever figure as a likely place where an electric vehicle can be developed and yet, Quds Rise has been officially showcased as the first Made-in-Lebanon EV that is all set to hit select markets and is likely to have a whole lot of potential to figure in the models shortlisted by prospective buyers. The journey of the EV - from an idea to actual production - may have been peppered with mammoth challenges but the fact that the model is here and ready for markets may be a massive achievement for Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad.
Lebanon’s EV Electra launches first electric car “Quds Rise” amidst crisis
27 April 2021
EV Electra, the first electric automobile manufacturer in Lebanon and the Arab World, has launched a locally-made all-electric sports car named Quds Rise, marking the first successful launch of an EV in the eastern Mediterranean country.
The Quds Rise, the red sports electric car with butterfly doors using the Arabic name of Jerusalem, has been produced as part of entrepreneur Jihad Mohammad’s EV project. Jihad Mohammad is a Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman.
Introducing the new luxury EV, Mohammad told reporters that the Quds Rise is the first electric automobile to be produced locally, despite the fact that the country is struggling amid a dire economic crisis with repeated power cuts.
Quds Rise: Lebanon launches first electric car despite crisis and power cuts
The red sports car is emblazoned at the front with a golden logo of the Dome of the Rock
Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad, arrives in the Quds Rise, the first electric car to be produced in Lebanon, during an unveiling ceremony in Khalde, south of the capital Beirut. AFP
The front golden grille represents Al-Aqsa Mosque s Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. AFP
The Lebanon-made electric car made its debut in a double first for the Levant country that has never manufactured cars and is wracked by economic crisis and power cuts. AFP
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A Lebanon-made electric car has made its debut, the first time the Mediterranean country has manufactured an automobile, despite struggling amid a dire economic crisis with frequent power cuts.
The red sports car – named “Quds Rise”, using the Arabic name of Jerusalem – is the project of Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad.
It’s the “first automobile to be made locally,” Mohammad told reporters on Saturday, at the unveiling in a parking lot south of Beirut.
It was built in Lebanon “from start to finish”, he said of the prototype, emblazoned at the front with a golden logo of the Dome of the Rock, the shrine in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site.