Automotive
Lucid and Bolt partner on potential European robotaxi fleet, TechCrunch reports
TechCrunch reports that the companies say Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 Lucid-based autonomous vehicles, but no orders have been placed.
The short version
- Lucid and Bolt announced a partnership targeting at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles for Europe, according to TechCrunch. Bolt intends to own and operate the fleet.[TechCrunch]
- The planned vehicles would use Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV architecture and Nvidia’s Hyperion computing and sensing system. The autonomous driving software supplier remains undisclosed.[TechCrunch]
- No money has changed hands, Bolt has placed no vehicle orders, and there is no public deployment timeline.[TechCrunch]
- Lucid delayed its first vehicle built on the mid-size platform to the second half of 2027. That date does not establish robotaxi availability.[TechCrunch]
Key facts
- The companies announced that Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles built on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV architecture.[TechCrunch]
- According to the press release, Bolt intends to own and operate the fleet.[TechCrunch]
- TechCrunch reports that the planned vehicles would use Nvidia’s Hyperion computing and sensing architecture.[TechCrunch]
- TechCrunch reports that no money has changed hands and Bolt has not ordered vehicles under the partnership.[TechCrunch]
- Lucid delayed the launch of its first vehicle built on the mid-size platform by almost a year to the second half of 2027, according to TechCrunch.[TechCrunch]
What remains uncertain
- No public robotaxi deployment timeline has been announced; the second-half 2027 launch date concerns Lucid’s first mid-size-platform vehicle, not robotaxi availability.[TechCrunch]
- The companies have not disclosed who will supply the autonomous driving software.[TechCrunch]
Sources
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