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Lucid Group, Inc., setting new standards with the longest-range, fastest-charging electric car on the market with the award-winning Lucid Air, hosted a ceremonial signing event to mark the February 2022 agreements with various government agencies.
Agreements were signed with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA), the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), Emaar, The Economic City, at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) and Gulf International Bank (GIB).
The agreements set the stage for the construction of AMP-2, a world-class Lucid production factory in Saudi Arabia with a capacity of 155,000 electric vehicles.
The agreements are estimated to provide financing and incentives to Lucid up to $3.4 billion in aggregate over the next 15 years to build and operate a manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.
"This signing ceremony marks yet another step forward in the realization of Lucid's mission to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy, and I'm delighted this brand-new manufacturing facility will come to fruition here in Saudi Arabia," said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid's CEO and CTO.
Rawlinson was joined at the signing event by Sherry House, Lucid's CFO; Jonathan Butler, Lucid's General Counsel; Faisal Sultan, Lucid's Managing Director, Middle East; and senior representatives from the Ministry of Investments, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and PIF.
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His Excellency Eng. Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, said: "With today's signing ceremony, we are taking a major step towards Saudi Arabia's goal of diversifying its economy by creating a new manufacturing hub to spearhead the future of mobility for the Middle East region.
"Attracting a global leader in electric vehicles such as Lucid to open its first international manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia reflects our commitment to creating long-term economic value in a sustainable, enduring, and globally integrated way.
"This project demonstrates the confidence investors have in Saudi Arabia's competitiveness, its ability to create opportunity, and serve global demand for a highly complex product such as electric vehicles."
His Excellency Bandar Alkhorayef, the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources and Chairman of Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), stated that the automotive industry in the Kingdom is one of the important sectors supported by the National Industrial Strategy (NIS).
Turqi Al-Nowaiser, PIF's Deputy Governor and Head of International Investments Division, said: "PIF partners with leading global innovators, like Lucid, to shape the economies of the future and drive the economic transformation of Saudi Arabia in line with Saudi Vision 2030."
Lucid reviewed multiple opportunities before selecting KAEC in Saudi Arabia, an area known for its livability and sustainability, as the optimal location for the second of its global network of electric vehicle manufacturing facilities.
Lucid also officially designated the new Saudi Arabian plant "AMP-2" (Advanced Manufacturing Plant #2), indicating its position as the next cornerstone of Lucid's vertically integrated global production network.
The factory is situated in KAEC's 'Industrial Valley,' close to King Abdullah Port along the main Red Sea trading corridor, an area which has handled more than a third of Saudi Arabia's Western Region container volumes.
Lucid's Middle East regional headquarters in Riyadh has been operational since last year.
At AMP-2, Lucid plans to establish operations initially for re-assembly of Lucid Air vehicle "kits" that are pre-manufactured at the company's U.S. AMP-1 facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, and, over time, for production of complete vehicles.
Lucid expects construction of the plant to commence shortly, and at its peak, Lucid expects to manufacture up to 155,000 vehicles per year at the facility.
Vehicles will be initially slated for the Saudi Arabian market, but Lucid plans to export finished vehicles to other global markets. In addition, Middle East regional deliveries of the Lucid Air are expected to begin later this year, supported from the Casa Grande factory.
In April 2022, the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Saudi Arabia ("MOF") entered into an agreement with Lucid to purchase at least 50,000 and potentially up to 100,000 Lucid vehicles over a ten-year period.
The order quantity for the committed volume is expected to range from 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles annually and increase to between 4,000 and 7,000 vehicles annually by 2025.
The purchase price of the vehicles will be based on Lucid's standard retail prices as previously disclosed.
