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Saudi Arabia is committing even more money to Lucid Motors as the EV startup struggles to erase its losses. Lucid announced Monday as part of its second-quarter earnings report that…

Lucid pumps $1.5B from Saudi wealth fund after CEO warned relying on its ‘bottomless wealth’ was ‘dangerous’

These efforts have come as Lucid is looking to start building its Gravity SUV by the end of this year.

Lucid Motors sets new record for EV deliveries as it seeks ‘escape velocity’

Lucid Motors is laying off about 400 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this…

Lucid Motors slashes 400 jobs ahead of crucial SUV launch

Lucid Motors’ senior vice president of digital Mike Bell has resigned from his position. The company said in a filing Monday that the longtime Apple and Intel executive’s resignation is…

Lucid loses longtime Apple and Intel exec who steered software division

Lucid Motors delivered more EVs in the first quarter of 2024 than it has in any other quarter, though it set the record by a very slim margin. The Saudi-backed,…

Lucid Motors ekes out a new delivery record as it searches for more EV buyers

Lucid Motors is at risk of losing the trademark for the name of its Gravity SUV, just months before the company is supposed to start production. Google Ventures-backed EV charging…

Lucid Motors is stuck in a fight over the name of its Gravity SUV

Lucid Motors plans to build just 9,000 electric vehicles in 2024, only 500 to 1,000 more than it made in 2023, as it struggles with demand for its luxury sedans.…

Lucid Motors will only build 9,000 EVs in 2024 after once predicting it would ship 90,000

Lucid Motors is lopping thousands of dollars off the price of its most affordable electric sedans as it looks to boost demand after a disappointing year of sales. The rear-wheel…

Lucid Motors drops the price of its cheapest EV by more than $8,000

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into a Lucid Motors windshield defroster recall from January, saying it’s “concerned” the company’s over-the-air update solution doesn’t go…

Feds probing Lucid’s software fix for defroster recall

Lucid Motors delivered only 6,001 of the 8,428 cars it built last year, as it continues to struggle to generate demand for its luxury electric sedans. The Saudi-backed company limped…

Lucid Motors sold just 6,001 cars in 2023

Lucid said Monday it will reveal its long-awaited, all-electric Gravity SUV in November with production not kicking off until late 2024. The EV maker, which has experienced a drop in…

Lucid plans to start production of Gravity electric SUV in late 2024

For over a century, automakers differentiated themselves with gas-powered engines. With EVs, all that expertise goes out the window.

Legacy automakers suffer another blow as Aston Martin spurns Mercedes-AMG’s electrified tech

Lucid Group, the U.S. automaker that produces the luxury all-electric Air sedan, will supply Aston Martin with powertrain components and battery technology for future electric vehicle models, the companies said…

Aston Martin taps Lucid to help develop electric vehicles

Lucid’s first-quarter results showed a company with widening losses and revenue that failed to meet Wall Street expectations, results that sent shares tumbling as investors worried about demand for its…

EV maker Lucid misses on revenue, earnings in Q1

Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 revenue, as well as 2023 production and delivery goals, causing the company’s stock price to…

Lucid shares drop as EV maker misses 2023 delivery expectations

Lucid Group, the publicly traded EV manufacturer, has launched a new high-performance luxury brand called Sapphire that pushes the bounds of performance and price. As part of the public debut,…

Lucid launches new EV performance brand with a three-motor $249,000 sedan

EV automaker Lucid Motors slashed its annual production guidance in half on Wednesday due to what CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson described as “extraordinary supply chain and logistics challenges.” Shares…

Lucid Motors slashes EV production targets again as supply chain problems persist

Lucid Group, which makes long-range, fast-charging luxury EVs, said on Tuesday it is joining with Bank of America to provide customer financing as one way to stand out in the…

Lucid partners with Bank of America to launch Lucid Financial Services

Lucid Group is the latest automaker to up the price of its electric vehicles. The company announced Thursday alongside its first-quarter earnings report that it was raising prices of the…

Lucid is raising prices on its luxury Air EV by as much as 13%

Dallas County is the latest to tap EVs for law enforcement, adding three Tesla Model 3s to its police fleet. Local, state and federal governments worldwide have begun adding battery-electric…

Dallas County police add Tesla Model 3s to their fleet

If 2020 and 2021 were the years of the SPAC, 2022 is shaping up to be the year of the reprimand.

Hype, hope and money: Your guide to all the EV SPAC investigations going on

The blank-check boom that made real many electric vehicle manufacturers’ dreams of going public may be nearing a close.

Why EV startups should’ve hit the brakes before merging with a SPAC

Lucid Motors announced Tuesday a high-performance companion to its long-awaited Lucid Air luxury sedan: a 1,050-horsepower grand tourer with a 446-mile range. The $179,000 Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance Model…

Lucid launches a faster, more expensive version of its flagship EV

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, which supplies electric vehicle batteries to Tesla, Lucid Motors, General Motors and Proterra, said on Thursday it is investing $1.4 billion (1.7 trillion KRW) to…

LG Energy increases battery production in the US with $1.4B investment

Nvidia has added two electric vehicle makers to its portfolio of automotive companies adopting its Drive Hyperion platform, a compute and sensor toolkit that powers automated driving capabilities in everything…

BYD, Lucid are latest EV makers to adopt Nvidia’s self-driving toolkit

Earnings season rolled along today with notes from Lucid Motors’ fourth-quarter results. The company, like other electric vehicle (EV) companies, is nascent in revenue terms, albeit further along than some.…

Lucid rolls back production goals even as demand for luxury EV rises

Lucid Group completed its first quarter as a public company with a booming stock price and customer deliveries underway, as it seeks to grab the top spot in the burgeoning…

Lucid Group’s customer reservations top 17,000 since end of third quarter

The race to automate the world of business is on, and today one of the bigger players in the market has picked up another major round of funding to meet…

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Lucid Group, the all-electric automaker slated to go public this year, said Thursday that one variant of its upcoming luxury Air sedan has an EPA range of more than 520…

Lucid Air snags the longest range EV title, surpassing Tesla