“Yes, we’re experiencing supply chain issues.” “We’ll have a lot more to say to the market about the sorts of things we’re seeing in the supply chain,” Liveris said. The Newark, California-based company’s goal for 2021 was to hand over 577 vehicles to customers – 520 limited-release units of its debut Dream Edition, and the rest a lower-spec Grand Touring version. Liveris, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Dow Chemical Co., said he’s taken delivery of one of Lucid’s cars in Florida. The PIF and Lucid have also considered a possible site in Neom, a new city being developed in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. The $360 billion Public Investment Fund, which is already a shareholder in Lucid, will provide much of the money for the site at the King Abdullah Economic City, the people said, asking not be named because the discussions are private. The maker of the $169,000 Air sedan has been in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build an EV plant potentially near the Red Sea city of Jeddah, people familiar with the matter said earlier this year. Specifics being worked out include ownership percentages for Lucid and partners on the project.
“Now that we are successfully producing and selling cars in the U.S., our attention is turning to this factory here,” Lucid Chairman Andrew Liveris told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday at a mining conference in Riyadh. intends to build an electric-vehicle factory in Saudi Arabia by 2025 or 2026 and is negotiating details with ministries in the kingdom.
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