Lucid and Fisker last week announced plans to sell cars in China soon.
Lucid’s head of China operations confirmed Reuters Thursday that the automaker has plans to enter the Chinese market. The Reuters report also cites an anonymous source familiar with Lucid’s plans, who said the automaker plans to sell imported cars but is considering domestic production. That has not been publicly confirmed, however.
Chinese sales seem to have been taken into consideration from the outset. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson once told Green Car Reports that the Air luxury sedan’s reclining Executive Rear Seat option was partly designed for China.
Fisker Ocean
Fisker said Friday in a press release that it plans to open a “delivery hub” in China later this year and will begin delivering its Ocean electric SUV in the country in the first quarter. Fisker claims to be one of the only two international brands (the other probably Tesla) as “viable alternatives to traditional brands” in China.
China is the world’s largest new car market, with sales of electric vehicles particularly high. However, unlike most foreign automakers looking to enter the Chinese market, the two US-based start-ups have not publicly discussed their assembly plans. cars in China.
Insightful gravity test
Lucid builds atmosphere at its own factory in Arizonaand plan to start production Gravity SUV also there in 2024. Fisker relies on contract manufacturers. Ocean assembled by Magna in Austriawhile planning pear is expected to be built by Foxconn in Ohio.
Separately, Lucid reports that it has begun Air deliveries in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) recently increased its stake in Lucid. The automaker in 2022 announced plans to open a factory in Saudi Arabia by 2025, while the Saudi government about a month later confirmed an agreement to buy up to 100,000 Lucid EVs. within 10 years.
