RIYADH: Lucid Motors, an American manufacturer of electric luxury sports cars and grand tourers, is set to unveil its new, specially designed range of public security vehicles on the sidelines of the World Defense Show in Riyadh next week.
Images provided by the company, which is based in Newark, show a sleek, futuristic-looking line of black police vehicles, with “police” and “911” printed on the front.
In January, the company, which is 60 percent owned by the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, announced it was set to secure a high-quality aluminum panel supply through an agreement signed with a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Mining Co., commonly known as Ma’aden.
Ma’aden Rolling Co. signed a deal with Lucid Motors to supply aluminum sheets with various specifications for its US factories, according to a post on X.
This initiative aligns with the Saudi mining firm’s commitment to advancing the global energy transition.
It aims to expand MRC’s global market presence, offering customized services and ensuring rapid response times.
The company further explained in the post at the time that the agreement, concluded during the Future Minerals Forum, will span a period of three years.
In January, the carmaker also announced that it is on track to bolster its manufacturing capabilities thanks to a new expansion of its US Advanced Manufacturing Plant, known as AMP-1.
This development will help propel the building capacity ahead of production of the company’s new fully electric sports utility vehicle, the Lucid Gravity, and support future growth, according to a statement released at the time.
“The expansion of our manufacturing footprint in Arizona is a significant milestone for the company, as we prepare for the next phase of Lucid’s growth,” said Peter Rawlinson, CEO and chief technology officer at Lucid.
In September 2023, Lucid Group said it had “officially opened the first-ever car-manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.”
The company said at the time: “As Lucid’s second advanced manufacturing plant and first international plant, the facility will produce Lucid’s groundbreaking electric vehicles for Saudi Arabia and export to other markets.”
A month later, South Korean company Hyundai Motor Group announced plans to build an automobile plant in the Kingdom in partnership with the Public Investment Fund.
Organizers of the second annual World Defense Show in Riyadh, which will take place from Feb. 4 to 8, said it will showcase “the future of defense through technological developments from around the globe.”
