At least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles built on Lucid's future midsize platform could end up in Bolt's European fleet. The Estonian ride-hailing company and US electric carmaker Lucid Motors announced the partnership on Thursday.
The vehicles would use Nvidia's Hyperion compute and sensor architecture. Bolt would own and operate the fleet itself. According to TechCrunch, the companies did not say who will develop the self-driving software.
Intent, not an order
TechCrunch reports that no money has changed hands and Bolt has not ordered a single vehicle. Bolt's longer-term goal is 100,000 autonomous vehicles on its platform by 2035.
Bolt CEO Markus Villig said autonomous driving in Europe requires data, software, vehicles, and operations to work as one system built for European roads and rules. Lucid CEO Silvio Napoli said Bolt's reach and experience make it an ideal partner for expanding across Europe.
Lucid reshuffles
The deal follows a shakeup at Lucid under Napoli, who cut nearly a fifth of the workforce and pushed the midsize model to late 2027. Napoli has argued that running robotaxis would bring margins far above those from selling cars to consumers, TechCrunch writes.
In the United States, Lucid is separately developing a robotaxi based on its Gravity SUV with Uber and Nuro. That service is planned to launch by the end of 2026.
