Op-Ed: Lucid Motors’ EV Manufacturing is Now Inside a Geopolitical Fault Line

CleanTechnica
By Raymond TribdinoMar 17, 2026, 9:49 am207 ptsTop
Last month, CleanTechnica carried a story about the growing footprint of Lucid Motors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company’s expanding presence in the Middle East, centered on its assembly facility at King Abdullah Economic City near Jeddah, has often been presented as a milestone for both the…

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