Lucid trims U.S. staff by 18%, disbands COO role

TL;DR
Lucid will cut about 18% of its U.S. workforce and eliminate the COO role (Marc Winterhoff) as it shuts the second shift at AMP-1 to save roughly $158 million annually, with about $32 million in severance charges; the moves follow CEO Silvio Napoli’s operational review and need to reduce elevated inventory, even as the company posted a $2.7 billion loss on $1.35 billion revenue in 2025 and negative $3.8 billion in free cash flow.
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