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Lucid Motors shows off robotaxi concept called ‘Lunar’

TechCrunch·@SeanOKane·2 months ago
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Lucid Motors has debuted a robotaxi concept vehicle that it’s calling the “Lucid Lunar,” which it showed off at an investor day on Thursday in New York City. It’s a two-seater vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, designed to be built on the same underlying platform that Lucid Motors is developing for its upcoming “mid-size” series of electric vehicles, the company said. Interim CEO Marc Winterhoff said Lucid was already “working on” Lunar and that it would debut after the company launches its mid-size vehicles, but the company later clarified to TechCrunch that there is no active development happening on the dedicated robotaxi — yet. Lucid Motors also said Thursday that it is near an agreement with Uber to collaborate on a robotaxi based on one of the mid-size vehicles Lucid has in the pipeline. Lucid Motors is currently working with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to make an autonomous version of the Gravity SUV that will launch on Uber’s network by the end of this year in the San Francisco area.…

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