Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe
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Lucid Motors and Bolt have agreed to deploy a fleet of at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles across Europe. The robotaxis will be built on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size electric-vehicle platform and will use Nvidia Hyperion compute and sensing hardware. Bolt will own and operate the fleet, while no specific order or launch timeline has been set.
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How it was reported
- TechCrunch·Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe
Lucid Motors and Bolt announced a partnership to develop and deploy at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV platform in Europe. The vehicles will use Nvidia Hyperion compute and sensing hardware, with Bolt owning and operating the fleet; no order or timeline has been set. Lucid’s CEO Silvio Napoli highlighted that robotaxi margins would far exceed traditional retail, while Bolt aims for 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2035.
- TechMeme·Lucid and Bolt sign an initial agreement to deploy a fleet of 25K+ robotaxis in Europe built on Lucid's affordable EV platform, set to launch as soon as 2028 (Financial Times)
- Engadget·Lucid and Bolt plan to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis across Europe