Lucid loses crucial EV exec after CEO shift

Less than 2 weeks aft Silvio Napoli took implicit arsenic Lucid’s caller main enforcement officer, an experienced elder enforcement has departed successful different enactment shake-up for the EV maker.

Emad Dlala, Lucid’s elder vice president of engineering and software, has near the institution conscionable months aft being promoted to that role, reports TechCrunch. Dlala was 1 of Lucid’s longest-serving execs, having spent implicit a decennary with the company. He played a invaluable relation successful helping the automaker refine and make caller bundle and related conveyance technologies.

Dlala’s exit comes arsenic Lucid Motors prepares to motorboat its archetypal midsize EV, which is expected to importantly broaden the brand’s scope beyond the high-priced Air sedan and Gravity SUV.

Core Lucid enforcement exits successful turbulent twelvemonth for enactment

Over the past 18 months, Lucid Motors (LCID) has undergone galore enactment changes and a shuffling of its workforce.

In aboriginal 2025, erstwhile CEO Peter Rawlinson near the institution unexpectedly. Later, successful November 2025, Dlala was promoted to a relation overseeing Lucid’s full Engineering and Digital division. At the aforesaid point, main technologist Eric Bach departed and has since sued Lucid for wrongful termination.

Workforce reductions person accompanied these enactment changes, with 12% of Lucid’s employees laid disconnected successful February 2026. That has continued with Dlala’s departure.

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“Emad Dlala has elected to permission the institution to prosecute different opportunities,” said the automaker successful a connection to TechCrunch. “We convey Emad for his galore contributions implicit the years and privation him continued occurrence successful his aboriginal endeavors. Lucid remains focused connected streamlining our enactment and processes to afloat leverage the spot of our squad and volition pass further actions soon.”

Dlala himself declined to comment.

Two different executives volition present study straight to Napoli. They’re Vivek Attaluri, vice president of conveyance engineering, and Marc Solsona Palomar, vice president of software.

Why this departure matters for Lucid’s aboriginal

It has been historically challenging for EV startups to standard successfully and motorboat much than 1 oregon 2 niche products.

Fisker Automotive and Lordstown Motors some failed to execute sustainable maturation and besides experienced precocious enactment turnover.

With this successful mind, Lucid’s quality to determination beyond its existing presumption arsenic a niche automaker is nether the microscope. Furthermore, the institution suspended its 2026 accumulation guidance amid supplier disruptions and transportation issues, reports Autoblog. It produced 5,500 vehicles successful Q1 2026 but lone delivered 3,093.