Lucid Motors’ Chief Engineer Leaves After 10 Years

Lucid Motors’ main technologist Eric Bach is leaving nan institution aft much than a decade, nan institution has announced.

Bach, who besides served arsenic Lucid Motors’ Senior Vice President of Product, has been pinch nan institution since 2015. He joined Lucid aft spending 3 years arsenic Tesla’s Director of Engineering, wherever he worked alongside Lucid Motors’ erstwhile CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson. Bach spent much than 10 years astatine Volkswagen earlier Tesla.

Lucid Motors’ Vice President of Quality, Jeri Ford, is retiring arsenic well. She will beryllium replaced by Marnie Levergood, who is coming to nan institution from Scout Motors.

At nan aforesaid time, Lucid Motors’ existent Senior Vice President of Powertrain, Emad Dlala, is being elevated to oversee each of “Engineering and Digital.” Dlala was promoted erstwhile already earlier this twelvemonth and has been pinch nan institution since 2015.

The shakeup comes arsenic Lucid enters its ninth period without a imperishable CEO aft Peter Rawlinson suddenly resigned successful February. Former Chief Operating Officer Marc Winterhoff has been serving arsenic CEO connected an interim ground ever since.

The nonaccomplishment of Bach and Ford is nan latest successful a statement of executive departures astatine Lucid Motors. The company’s caput of investor relations, Senior Vice President of Operations, Managing Director for Europe, and nan Vice Presidents of Software Quality and Marketing person each near wrong nan past year.

The changes are happening astatine a captious infinitesimal successful Lucid Motors’ history. The institution yet launched its long-awaited luxury SUV, nan Gravity, which nan institution expects will yet beryllium much successful than nan Air sedan, which it has struggled to sell. Lucid Motors is besides moving connected a mid-sized conveyance that will beryllium priced person to $50,000 successful 2026, though it will likely request to raise much money earlier that happens.