
Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company on Wednesday announced plans to set up a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.
Lucid hosted a ceremonial signing event on Wednesday which set the stage for the construction of its new facility, AMP-2, which will have an initial capacity of 155,000 electric vehicles. The agreements, which were put in place in February, are estimated to provide up to $3.4 billion in financing and incentives for Lucid over the next 15 years, helping the company build and operate the new Saudi facility.