Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expanded its procurement of electric vehicles from the premium brand Lucid Motors to a growing number of its diplomatic missions across Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.
According to public tender documents, the first batch was published at the end of May and covered shipments of Lucid vehicles to embassies and consulates in Türkiye, Jordan, Hungary, Brazil, Egypt, the Philippines, Tunisia and Bangladesh.
The volume of vehicles per location varies, with some posts expected to receive up to five units.
On Monday, an update from X user LucidOasis, who first flagged the initial tenders, indicated that the programme has been extended to 11 additional countries.
The new batch includes Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
“The list of Saudi embassies receiving Lucid Motors vehicles keeps growing, now spanning over 25 countries across four continents,” the user wrote on X.
Saudi Arabia’s Ayar Third Investment Company, an affiliate of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), holds an estimated 60 per cent stake in the California-based EV maker.
When the PIF invested in Lucid, it cited the brand’s role in supporting the Saudi Green Initiative, which aims to ensure that 30 per cent of new car sales in the Kingdom are electric by 2030.
Lucid, which assembles vehicles at its AMP-2 facility in Saudi Arabia, is upgrading the site from semi-knockdown (SKD) assembly to full vehicle production, with an eventual capacity of up to 155,000 units annually.
The company is simultaneously stepping up its retail and service footprint in the Gulf.
Interim chief executive Marc Winterhoff said in a recent interview at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh that Lucid plans to expand its presence to Abu Dhabi, Qatar and other regional markets later this year.
“We have started Abu Dhabi and we’re looking into Qatar and other additional markets coming very soon,” Winterhoff told Bloomberg.
Faisal Sultan, recently promoted to President for the Middle East, told Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtisadiah that new studios and service centres in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Investment Park will open soon.
Lucid currently operates two studios in Saudi Arabia — in Riyadh and Jeddah — and one in Dubai, with five service centres across the Kingdom.
