Lucid Motors planning to produce 5,000 cars per year in Saudi Arabia.
- Lucid Motors is planning to produce 5,000 electric cars per year in the western part of Saudi Arabia by 2024.
- The company is targeting 155,000 vehicles per year to be manufactured in Saudi Arabia.
- Following the opening of their Jeddah facility in 2023, the company produced 50 cars in their first operational week.
Lucid Motors Group is planning to produce nearly 5,000 electric cars per year at its plant in the Western Red Sea port of Saudi Arabia according to its Marketing and communication vice president.
He added that “We will soon launch the second production phase at the plant in Jeddah, with a capacity of 5,000 assembled cars in 2024,”
Firas Kandalaft, Marketing Director of Lucid Motors in the Middle East told the Saudi daily Aliqtisadia at the weekend that the Company has produced mainly car parts and assembled a small number of the Lucid vehicles since it launched its first plant outside the US in the King Abdullah Economic City in 2023.
“We will soon launch the second production phase at the plant in Jeddah, with a capacity of 5,000 assembled cars in 2024,” he announced.
After launching its first international manufacturing facility in Jeddah in 2023, Lucid Motors Vice President in Saudi Arabia, Faisal Sultan said that the plant produced nearly 50 cars in the first week of the plant’s operation.
Following the opening of their Jeddah facility, CEO and CTO of Lucid Group, Peter Rawlinson said
We are delighted to make history today in Saudi Arabia by opening the country’s first car manufacturing facility, which will produce our award-winning electric vehicles and support the country’s vision for a more sustainable and diversified economy,”
He added “As Saudi charges toward its Vision 2030, our facility will pave the way for the country’s electric automotive industry and the expansion of the supply chain.
Lucid Motors is aiming to produce an estimated number of 155,000 vehicles per year is Saudi Arabia
Lucid Motors Group is an American manufacturer of electric spots and luxury cars, headquartered in California, the company was founded in 2007.