He says that would help the kingdom’s campaign to cut down on the number of foreign workers.
Saudi Arabia bans women from driving.
“The question of allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia will save more than 500,000 jobs in addition to the social and economic benefits,” the prince wrote on Sunday on his Twitter account.
Thousands of foreign workers have been fired from their jobs and then deported, part of a government campaign against foreigners who illegally reside and work in the kingdom.
Last week King Abdullah gave workers three months to try to legalise their presence.
There are more than 8 million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia.
Separately, Saudi authorities on Sunday beheaded a citizen in the western city of Madina after he was convicted of shooting dead another man, the interior ministry said.
Sultan Bin Rashid Al Mutairi had been found guilty of using a machinegun to kill Mused Bin Nayer Al Mutairi after a dispute between the pair, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
His beheading brings to 34 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally.
In 2012, the kingdom executed 76 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Human Rights Watch put the number at 69.
