By EVHQ Editorial Team · April 27, 2026 · EV News Lucid's $1.05B funding package and the expanded Uber robotaxi commitment, visualized. Source: Lucid Group press release (April 14, 2026). Lucid's $1.05B Lifeline: New CEO, Saudi PIF Cash, and 35,000 Uber Robotaxis In a single 24-hour stretch on April 14, 2026, Lucid Group did three things that, taken together, may quietly redraw the map of the U.S. EV industry. The Newark, California–based luxury automaker named a new perm

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