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Lucid Motors is exploring a potential partnership with Bolt to deploy robotaxis across Europe using its upcoming mid-size EV architecture and Nvidia's Hyperion compute stack. However, no vehicle orders have been placed, and the timeline for deployment remains undefined despite Lucid's restructuring and delays under new CEO Silvio Napoli. This collaboration represents a strategic pivot toward autonomous operations rather than traditional retail sales, though significant technical and regulatory hurdles remain before commercial rollout.
Lucid Motors has a potential robotaxi partner for Europe

The company is partnering with mobility platform Bolt -- but no vehicle orders have been placed just yet.
Lucid Motors has entered into a partnership with European mobility platform Bolt that could bring robotaxis made by the California company to the continent. The two companies announced Thursday that Bolt “aims to deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles” built on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV architecture, which is supposed to be smaller…
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