Lucid and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology reported a strategic partnership.

[californiaboy935]

Interesting partnership, I wonder how it will be implemented. The quotes from Eric are great tho, and give me hope that a partnership will be productive and supplement finite element analysis they’ve been doing in house to great avail on Gravity and Air.

"Access to high-performance computing at this level is truly transformative," said Eric Bach, SVP of Product and Chief Engineer at Lucid. "It dramatically enhances our ability to develop advanced fluids, materials and alloys, simulate real-world physics for crash safety and structural optimization, model fluid dynamics and thermal transfer, analyze electromagnetic flux, and accelerate AI training for digital twin technology, autonomous systems, and large language models. We're deeply grateful for this opportunity and excited about the breakthroughs it will drive across our engineering and AI initiatives." (Eric Bach, SVP)

https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-and-saudi-arabias-kaust-announce-strategic-partnership

 

[borski]

Can’t wait for the flux capacitor

 

[PhotoEye]

Lucid Group Inks EV Tech Tie-up with Saudi Arabian University

Lucid Group signed an electric vehicle technology-focused partnership deal with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. The US electric vehicle maker will secure access...

www.marketscreener.com

His technology going directly to the KSA via an academic partnership?

 

[segbrk]

Can we not post this wildly speculative question that has no answer about everything that happens in the company for the next 2 years

 

[PhotoEye]

Wildly speculative?
I made no declarative statement, just posed a question. Our forum is replete with questions to which most of us have no confirmatory answers. Yet, we ask them for insight, perspective, or context.

What is Wall Street reacting to this morning? Is that not an appropriate context for my question? Chill.

 

[fadooly]

The partnership is for Lucid to use KAUST super computer called Shaheen to train their ADAS

At some point , it used to be in the top 10 in the world , but I am not sure now

Most likely they are getting this service free or at very low rate compare to the expense Lucid will bear to have it in house and build the data center

BTW I know some people there and I will try to get an insight


It is a wise move

 

[Murcie]

Lucid Group Inks EV Tech Tie-up with Saudi Arabian University

Lucid Group signed an electric vehicle technology-focused partnership deal with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. The US electric vehicle maker will secure access...

www.marketscreener.com

His technology going directly to the KSA via an academic partnership?

No. KAUST is a top notch research university, in the 2016/2017 QS World University Rankings, it was the #1 university globally in citations per faculty, which is a critical and trustable factor to evaluate the impact of a university's research. They collaborate with many companies, from before the very existence of Lucid, such as; IBM, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc. So the PIF is supporting Lucid financially and supporting it with advanced research, and it's still being seen negatively for some reason? Y'all need to get outside your bubble and explore the world.

 

[PhotoEye]

Lucid's Release was more descriptive:

Lucid Motors 2025 : Lucid and Saudi Arabia’s KAUST Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance EV Technology Leadership and Grow Autonomous Driving and Advanced Driver Assist System Capabilities

Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a leading academic and research institution focused on science and technology innovation with regional and global impact, today announced a...

media.lucidmotors.com

So, one could see this as a welcomed exchange for us domestically -- or not.

Lest my question be construed as coming from a Lucid critic, I am an early Air Dream owner and pre-IPO investor with a significant long-term stake in the company.

The additional posts about the university are informative.

 

[californiaboy935]

Can’t wait for the flux capacitor

Wish I could go back and put some money on the cubbies!

No, no this sucker is electrical… I just need the “propane” to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts… Bobby…

 

[californiaboy935]

Lucid's Release was more descriptive:

Lucid Motors 2025 : Lucid and Saudi Arabia’s KAUST Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance EV Technology Leadership and Grow Autonomous Driving and Advanced Driver Assist System Capabilities

Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a leading academic and research institution focused on science and technology innovation with regional and global impact, today announced a...

media.lucidmotors.com

So, one could see this as a welcomed exchange for us domestically -- or not.

Lest my question be construed as coming from a Lucid critic, I am an early Air Dream owner and pre-IPO investor with a significant long-term stake in the company.

The additional posts about the university are informative.

I think people just have a problem with the initial question. Peter left for reasons, unknown to us, but speculating in a thread title isn’t good. Probably a better title would be just to describe the action that lucid is taking, then speculate in the thread itself. Just an idea though.

 

[PhotoEye]

I think people just have a problem with the initial question. Peter left for reasons, unknown to us, but speculating in a thread title isn’t good. Probably a better title would be just to describe the action that lucid is taking, then speculate in the thread itself. Just an idea though.

Agreed. My bad. :-(

 

[Murcie]

I think people just have a problem with the initial question. Peter left for reasons, unknown to us, but speculating in a thread title isn’t good. Probably a better title would be just to describe the action that lucid is taking, then speculate in the thread itself. Just an idea though.

It's not about the question, it's about seeing this collaboration negatively, to the extent of pushing Peter to leave his baby. Knowing Peter and speaking to him a few times, I know he would be happy about this collaboration.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

Any unproductive (IMO) speculation about Peter's departure aside... The only thing disturbing to me about this partnership is that progress on ADAS and AD may stall as tasks are handed off from in-house to KAUST. My guess is that this means that nothing more than (somewhat nerve-racking) eyes-on hands-off driving for at least another year. I may be wrong. I think the stock drop mirrors how Ford just got dinged for announcing an end to in-house EV software development at a time when the market has concluded that you just can't outsource this stuff. And again, I may be wrong.

 

[Batteryman]

Any unproductive (IMO) speculation about Peter's departure aside... The only thing disturbing to me about this partnership is that progress on ADAS and AD may stall as tasks are handed off from in-house to KAUST. My guess is that this means that nothing more than (somewhat nerve-racking) eyes-on hands-off driving for at least another year. I may be wrong. I think the stock drop mirrors how Ford just got dinged for announcing an end to in-house EV software development at a time when the market has concluded that you just can't outsource this stuff. And again, I may be wrong.

I’m sure KAUST will prioritize Lucid….

 

[borski]

I think people just have a problem with the initial question. Peter left for reasons, unknown to us, but speculating in a thread title isn’t good. Probably a better title would be just to describe the action that lucid is taking, then speculate in the thread itself. Just an idea though.

Yup, this.

 

[joec]

Any unproductive (IMO) speculation about Peter's departure aside... The only thing disturbing to me about this partnership is that progress on ADAS and AD may stall as tasks are handed off from in-house to KAUST. My guess is that this means that nothing more than (somewhat nerve-racking) eyes-on hands-off driving for at least another year. I may be wrong. I think the stock drop mirrors how Ford just got dinged for announcing an end to in-house EV software development at a time when the market has concluded that you just can't outsource this stuff. And again, I may be wrong.

There’s really no reason to assume this. The press release simply implied a new collaboration. There’s zero reason in my mind to assume Lucid would let go of anyone on their own staff or stop developing this technology
themselves internally. Seems more to me like this university will simply be giving them access to compute power and data.

 

[joec]

It’s also a great sign, if you ask me, that the KSA very much still believes in Lucid and that Lucid isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. I think we can all agree that’s good news.

 

[PhotoEye]

Any unproductive (IMO) speculation about Peter's departure aside... The only thing disturbing to me about this partnership is that progress on ADAS and AD may stall as tasks are handed off from in-house to KAUST. My guess is that this means that nothing more than (somewhat nerve-racking) eyes-on hands-off driving for at least another year. I may be wrong. I think the stock drop mirrors how Ford just got dinged for announcing an end to in-house EV software development at a time when the market has concluded that you just can't outsource this stuff. And again, I may be wrong.

Ford is down ~1.6%; we're down ~6% today. Let's hope for a rebound soon.

 

[Batteryman]

Ford is down ~1.6%; we're down ~6% today. Let's hope for a rebound soon.

Poor Gravity deliveries is the reason....they should have ramped up by now....I'm surprised Lucid couldnt have figured out supply chain by now after how they messed up the Air deliveries.....those Dec deliveries were a joke. Until Gravity truly ramps up, the stock is broken.

 

[Batteryman]

Ford is down ~1.6%; we're down ~6% today. Let's hope for a rebound soon.

And they should advance the delivery of the midsize...all hands on deck, work work work....make up for the shamble deliveries of the Air and Gravity, get the midsize out 6 month earlier. They owe this to their investors.