EV maker Lucid says Uber agreed to buy 35K+ additional Lucid vehicles for its robotaxi fleet and invest $200M more, taking its total Lucid investment to $500M
Uber will purchase at least 35,000 additional Lucid vehicles, designed exclusively for use as part of Uber's future global robo-taxi service
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$500M total from Uber into Lucid is a strategic lifeline disguised as a fleet order. Uber gets guaranteed robotaxi hardware without building it. Lucid gets volume that subsidizes their consumer business. Question is who owns the autonomy stack — that is where the real margin l…