Lucid Motors, a California-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Bolt, a European mobility platform, which could bring robotaxis—fully autonomous vehicles designed for ride-hailing—to Europe. Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 of these autonomous vehicles built on Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV platform. This platform is expected to be smaller and more affordable than Lucid’s current models, which include the luxury Lucid Air and the Gravity SUV. The partnership comes as Lucid undergoes a significant transformation under its new CEO, Silvio Napoli, who has restructured the company and delayed the launch of the first vehicle based on the mid-size platform until the second half of 2027. The partnership with Bolt follows Lucid’s recent efforts to develop a robotaxi version of its Gravity SUV in collaboration with Uber and Nuro, a company specializing in autonomous vehicles. That project is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. However, Lucid has yet to deploy a commercial robotaxi version of any of its existing vehicles. Napoli has emphasized that the robotaxi business model could offer much higher profit margins compared to selling vehicles directly to consumers, a traditional retail model. Bolt plans to own and operate the fleet of autonomous vehicles, according to a press release from the two companies. They will collaborate from the early stages of product development to create a vehicle platform that is ready for autonomous driving systems (ADS). The vehicles will use Nvidia’s Hyperion system, which includes advanced computing and sensing technologies for autonomous vehicles. However, the companies have not specified which firm will provide the actual autonomous driving software. Lucid has not provided any additional details beyond what was disclosed in the press release. No financial transaction has occurred, and Bolt has not placed an order for the vehicles. There is also no public timeline for when the vehicles might be deployed, though Bolt described the partnership as a “major step toward” its goal of having 100,000 autonomous vehicles on its platform by 2035. Bolt’s CEO, Markus Villig, emphasized the importance of integrating data, software, vehicles, and operations to create a system tailored to European roads and regulations. He praised Lucid for its high-quality platform and noted that the partnership would allow them to co-design vehicles and software based on Bolt’s extensive experience operating in over 850 cities. Lucid’s CEO, Silvio Napoli, echoed this sentiment, calling Bolt an ideal partner for scaling autonomous mobility across Europe.