{"id":133911,"date":"2023-08-08T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=133911"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:19:11","slug":"lucid-crash-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/lucid-crash-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucid Crash Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
Electric vehicle maker Lucid Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID) showed again why it would not be one of the winners in the crowded EV segment. Its quarterly figures were awful. (These are America\u2019s best and worst new cars.)<\/p>\n
Lucid posted total sales of 1,404 of its sedans. It lost $764 million, compared to $555 million in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue moved to $151 million from $93 million a year ago. All the numbers disappointed investors. Lucid\u2019s car sales were so poor that they might as well have been zero in the eyes of Wall Street.<\/p>\n
Lucid says it will produce about 10,000 cars this year. Tesla made 480,000 in the most recent quarter. Every major car company globally will come to market with a line of EVs, most of which will launch in the next three years. Lucid will be overwhelmed. Among other problems, it only has one model line.<\/p>\n
Lucid also cut car prices by as much as $14,200, a sign of slack demand. This follows a series of price cuts by Tesla to drive demand. According to Tesla\u2019s earnings, and sales, it is working. It likely will start a long price war to increase sales and hurt margins. Lucid cannot afford that.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t