Lucid Motors mulls sale after takeover talks with Ford, report says

Peter Rawlinson, chief technology officer for Lucid Motors, with the company's Air alpha prototype at the 2017 New York International Auto Show in April. (BLOOMBERG)

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Giles Turner Keith Naughton Alex Barinka

July 17, 2017 05:00 AM

Electric carmaker Lucid Motors Inc. is raising a new round of financing and is also considering an outright sale after holding early-stage takeover talks with Ford Motor Co., according to people familiar with the situation.

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