Lucid Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results
- Delivered 1,734 vehicles in Q4 and 6,001 vehicles in 2023, up 37% compared to full year 2022
- Produced 2,391 vehicles in Q4 and 8,428 vehicles in 2023, meeting the higher-end of 2023 annual production guidance of 8,000 to 8,500 vehicles
- Q4 revenue of $157.2 million and annual revenue of $595.3 million
- Ended the quarter with approximately $4.78 billion of total liquidity
- Lucid is embarking on the Company’s next transformational phase, with the expansion of its vehicle lineup and total addressable market
- 2024 production guidance of approximately 9,000 vehicles
NEWARK, CA — February 21, 2024 — Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards for luxury electric experience with the Lucid Air, America’s most awarded new luxury vehicle¹ and selected to Car and Driver’s 10Best list for 2024, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023. The earnings presentation is available on its investor relations website (https://ir.lucidmotors.com).
The Company produced 2,391 vehicles during Q4 and delivered 1,734 vehicles during the same period. On a full-year basis, the Company produced 8,428 vehicles, meeting the higher end of the 2023 annual production guidance of 8,000 to 8,500 vehicles, and delivered 6,001 vehicles in 2023. Lucid today also announced its 2024 annual production guidance of approximately 9,000 vehicles, and will continue to prudently manage and adjust production to meet sales and delivery needs.
Lucid reported fourth quarter revenue of $157.2 million and annual revenue of $595.3 million, ending the quarter with approximately $4.78 billion of total liquidity.
“Lucid is investing for the long term in technology, manufacturing and partnerships to further solidify our place in the market as the premier luxury EV brand in the world,” said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid’s CEO and CTO. “In 2023, we made our first strategic technology arrangement, gained market share, completed the Air lineup, and unveiled Gravity. As we start 2024, I’m very excited about the year ahead and beyond. We are entering the next transformational phase of the Lucid vehicle lineup and are laser-focused on growth.”
“I’d like to echo Peter’s excitement as we start the year,” said Gagan Dhingra, Lucid’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. “We outpaced our total addressable market and made headway with our cost optimization programs – a key strategic priority for the Company. I’m excited about the future as Gravity start of production is scheduled for late 2024 and the start of production for our high-volume Midsize platform is scheduled for late 2026.”
Lucid will host a conference call for analysts and investors at 2:30 P.M. PT / 5:30 P.M. ET on February 21, 2024. The live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations website at ir.lucidmotors.com. Following the completion of the call, a replay will be available on the same website. Lucid uses its ir.lucidmotors.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
¹ Based on percentage of major industry awards and accolades earned by new luxury vehicles launched in the last three years and on sale in the United States.
About Lucid Group
Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The Company’s first car, the Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design. Assembled at Lucid’s factories in Casa Grande, Arizona, and King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi Arabia, deliveries of Lucid Air are currently underway to customers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss before (1) interest expense, (2) interest income, (3) provision for (benefit from) income taxes, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5) change in fair value of common stock warrant liability, (6) change in fair value of equity securities, (7) stock-based compensation, and (8) restructuring charges. Lucid believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to Lucid’s management and investors about Lucid’s financial performance. Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash used in operating activities less capital expenditures. Lucid believes that Free Cash Flow provides useful information to Lucid’s management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after necessary capital expenditures.
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