Lucid Motors is planning to build an electric car in the US, beginning production by 2018 and employing more than 2,000 people at the factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, by 2022. Brian Barron, director of manufacturing and an 18-year veteran of BMW, will oversee the factory. The company has already begun building a battery plant for its new car, which it says can be ready within two years.
Lucid Motors is planning to build an electric car in the US, beginning production by 2018 and employing more than 2,000 people at the factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, by 2022. Brian Barron, director of manufacturing and an 18-year veteran of BMW, will oversee the factory. Atvus, the mid-size luxury sedan that will rival Tesla Model S, is expected to use a dual-motor powertrain producing 900 horsepower, which it reportedly demonstrated "in a Mercedes-Benz Metris van converted into a test vehicle".