Lucid (LCID) Q2 2022 revenues and production projection

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Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson postures at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) starts trading on the Nasdaq stock market after finishing its organization mix with Churchill Capital Corp IV in New York City, New York, July 26, 2021.

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Electric car maker Lucid Group once again cut its production targets Wednesday as supply chain and logistics obstacles imply need for the business’s EVs far surpasses its output.

The business stated it now has more than 37,000 bookings for its Air electrical high-end sedan, up from more than 30,000 in May– however it provided simply 679 vehicles in the 2nd quarter. In February, it stated that it anticipated to develop in between 12,000 and 14,000 lorries in 2022, below an initial projection of 20,000

It cut its full-year shipments assistance for a 2nd time, stating that it now anticipates to provide simply 6,000 to 7,000 lorries in 2022, and revealed a brand-new senior executive to lead operations.

Lucid’s shares fell about 12% in after-hours trading following the news.

The statements came as Lucid reported its second-quarter outcomes. Here are the essential numbers:

  • Revenue: $973 million
  • Loss per share: 33 cents
  • Vehicles provided: 679

“Our revised production guidance reflects the extraordinary supply chain and logistics challenges we encountered,” CEO Peter Rawlinson stated in a declaration. “We’ve identified the primary bottlenecks, and we are taking appropriate measures – bringing our logistics operations in-house, adding key hires to the executive team, and restructuring our logistics and manufacturing organization.”

Earlier this year, Lucid pointed out supply chain problems around semiconductor chips along with standard parts like glass and carpet as factors for the decrease.

Rawlinson informed CNBC in an interview that the procedure of overcoming the supply-chain problems required the business to challenge another set of traffic jams.

“It really unveiled the next level of challenges, the immaturity of our logistics systems,” Rawlinson stated, describing that Lucid remains in the procedure of bringing shipping and other services internal.

To assistance attend to the problems, Lucid revealed Wednesday it’s worked with Stellantis veteran Steven David to work as its senior vice president of operations, organizing the business’s production, logistics and quality-control efforts.

CFO Sherry House informed CNBC that the business’s booking overall of 37,000 does not consist of any bookings for its upcoming Gravity SUV or any of the lorries bought by the federal government of Saudi Arabia.

Lucid stated in April that Saudi Arabia’s federal government had actually accepted purchase up to 100,000 of its lorries over the next 10 years. The nation’s public wealth fund is a significant financier in Lucid, holding approximately 62% of the business’s shares.

Lucid had $4.6 billion in money and equivalents since completion of the 2nd quarter, below $5.4 billion at the end of March however enough to money operations “well into 2023,” House stated.

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