Lucid has received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents related to an investigation into its blank-cheque deal.Lucid Group Inc has received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents related to an investigation into its blank-cheque deal, the luxury electric-car maker said on Monday, sending its shares down about 15%.
“The investigation appears to concern the business combination between the company and Atieva Inc and certain projections and statements,” the company said in aThe deal, which was completed earlier this year, was with veteran dealmaker Michael Klein's blank-cheque acquisition firm. It was one of the biggest in a string of deals with Special Purpose Acquisition Companies that included electric-vehicle makers such as Nikola Corp and Fisker Inc.
Founded in 2007 as Atieva Inc by former Tesla executive Bernard Tse and entrepreneur Sam Weng, Lucid plans to achieve a production target of 20,000 vehicles in 2022 and 50,000 in 2023. It was funded initially by Chinese and Silicon Valley venture investors, with additional funding from backers like state-owned Chinese car maker BAIC Motor and Chinese technology company LeEco.
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