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Lucid Accelerates Arizona Expansion With New Phoenix Hub and Production Surge

Repurposing Nikola’s former Phoenix campus to develop a $50,000 SUV underscores Lucid’s shift toward mass-market volumes at its growing Casa Grande production site.

Interim CEO, Marc Winterhoff speaks at the ribbon cutting celebration at Lucid's Phoenix location on June 11, 2025..
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Overview

  • Lucid has opened a new innovation hub in Phoenix after acquiring over 884,000 square feet of Nikola’s former headquarters and manufacturing plant.
  • The facility will house product development and prototype operations for a planned mid-sized SUV priced near $50,000 to target Tesla’s Model Y segment.
  • Lucid plans to create roughly 500 jobs in Phoenix and relocate some engineering functions from California, having hired over 250 former Nikola employees.
  • Senior VP Adrian Price said production at the Casa Grande AMP1 plant is being scaled up to meet rising demand.
  • Lucid rolled out an over-the-air software update enabling Android Auto integration for its Air sedan but recorded a $3 billion loss last year.