Lucid Motors Names Rawlinson as CEO

Electric car startup Lucid Motors Inc. has named Peter Rawlinson as CEO, effective immediately.

Rawlinson, who joined the Menlo Park, Calif-based company in 2013, also will continue as chief technology officer. He succeeds CEO and co-founder Sam Weng, who has retired.

Rawlinson was chief engineer for Tesla Inc.’s Model S electric sedan before joining Lucid. He also is former chief engineer at Lotus Cars and a senior engineer at Jaguar.

His immediate task as CEO will be to shepherd Lucid’s transition from product development to production. The 11-year-old company hopes to introduce its first EV, a $60,000 sedan called Air, in 2020 The high-performance car will be produced at the company’s $700 million factory in Casa Grande, Ariz.