Lucid Motors constructed twice as many electrical autos in 2025 because it did within the prior 12 months, an indication that the corporate has bounced again from early manufacturing struggles with its new Gravity SUV.
The corporate announced Monday that it completed the 12 months having constructed 18,378 EVs, with 8,412 of these coming within the fourth quarter alone. That’s greater than Lucid constructed at its Casa Grande, Arizona manufacturing unit within the first half of the 12 months. Lucid additionally mentioned it delivered — that means offered — 15,841 autos throughout the entire 12 months, a 55% enhance over 2024’s figures.
The stronger end to 2025 units Lucid up for an all-important 12 months that may see the corporate begin constructing the primary automobile on its new mid-sized EV platform. The corporate has mentioned this primary automobile will value round $50,000, placing it close to the identical a part of the market because the Tesla Mannequin Y and Rivian’s upcoming R2 SUV.
The numbers nonetheless pale compared to the projections Lucid Motors threw round when it went public in a $4 billion reverse merger in 2021. At the moment, the corporate claimed it could ship 135,000 autos in 2025, with 86,000 of these being Gravity SUVs, 42,000 being Air sedans, and the remaining 7,000 coming from its yet-to-debut mid-sized EV.
These targets rapidly turned unrealistic as Lucid bumped into manufacturing, provide, and demand challenges for each of its autos, all whereas navigating an automotive market that was severely disrupted by the pandemic. The corporate significantly struggled in early 2025 because it began to ramp up manufacturing of the Gravity SUV. It has since been coping with a lot of high quality points on the automobile, to the extent that interim CEO Marc Winterhoff despatched an e mail to clients in December saying that he shared of their “frustration.”
“Lingering software program issues have sadly affected our clients’ expertise and satisfaction. I want to guarantee you that we’re laser targeted on addressing these points,” he wrote.
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