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Lucid Gains After EV Maker Secures $1.5 Billion Lifeline
- Struggling carmaker beat second-quarter revenue estimates
- Saudi PIF affiliate is making its second investment this year
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Lucid Group Inc. will get a cash infusion of as much as $1.5 billion from an affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, sending the electric-car maker’s shares up as it readies its first sport utility vehicle.
Ayar Third Investment Company has agreed to make the investments by purchasing $750 million of convertible preferred stock and providing a $750 million unsecured loan, Lucid said late Monday. The fresh funding comes as the carmaker works to overcome production hurdles and copes with slowing EV demand.