First self-driving car made in UAE to hit the roads soon.

UAE-based automotive company W Motors' has announced the unveiling of MUSE at Auto Shanghai 2019 on April 16.

The fully-electric MUSE features a Level 4 / Level 5 autonomous driving system, innovative user interfaces and cloud-computed connectivity, as well as several interior configurations catering to different business needs and consumer requirements. It will be fully produced in Dubai, UAE by W Motors at the all-new production facility of which the first phase is set to be completed in the last quarter of 2019.

Pioneers of the future of driving, W Motors is the first and only automotive developer in the Middle East - in partnership with sister company ICONIQ Motors - to release a self-driving vehicle, designed to be on the road for EXPO 2020 in Dubai.

MUSE was developed by W Motors and ICONIQ Motors in collaboration with international partners AKKA Technologies, Magna Steyr and Microsoft USA, each offering highly specialized and cutting-edge technologies in the realm of advanced autonomous driving solutions. With its name deriving from the greek goddesses of inspiration, all elements of the MUSE create a balanced harmony of the science and art of automotive technology and functionally aesthetic design.

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