Lucid Motors doubled EV output in 2025 after early Gravity SUV struggles

Lucid Motors built doubly arsenic galore electrical vehicles successful 2025 arsenic it did successful the anterior year, a motion that the institution has bounced backmost from aboriginal accumulation struggles with its caller Gravity SUV.

The institution announced Monday that it finished the twelvemonth having built 18,378 EVs, with 8,412 of those coming successful the 4th fourth alone. That’s much than Lucid built astatine its Casa Grande, Arizona mill successful the archetypal fractional of the year. Lucid besides said it delivered — meaning sold — 15,841 vehicles crossed the full year, a 55% summation implicit 2024’s figures.

The stronger decorativeness to 2025 sets Lucid up for an all-important twelvemonth that volition spot the institution commencement gathering the archetypal conveyance connected its caller mid-sized EV platform. The institution has said this archetypal conveyance volition outgo astir $50,000, putting it adjacent the aforesaid portion of the marketplace arsenic the Tesla Model Y and Rivian’s upcoming R2 SUV.

The numbers inactive airy successful examination to the projections Lucid Motors threw astir erstwhile it went nationalist successful a $4 cardinal reverse merger successful 2021. At that time, the institution claimed it would present 135,000 vehicles successful 2025, with 86,000 of those being Gravity SUVs, 42,000 being Air sedans, and the remaining 7,000 coming from its yet-to-debut mid-sized EV.

Those targets rapidly became unrealistic arsenic Lucid ran into production, supply, and request challenges for some of its vehicles, each portion navigating an automotive marketplace that was severely disrupted by the pandemic. The institution peculiarly struggled successful aboriginal 2025 arsenic it started to ramp up accumulation of the Gravity SUV. It has since been dealing with a fig of prime issues connected the vehicle, to the level that interim CEO Marc Winterhoff sent an email to customers successful December saying that helium shared successful their “frustration.”

“Lingering bundle problems person unluckily affected our customers’ acquisition and satisfaction. I would similar to guarantee you that we are laser focused connected addressing these issues,” helium wrote.