Lucid Motors stock price continues to hover close to its 52‑week low, prompting discussions about possible capital raises or strategic partnerships to boost investor confidence. as Lucid issues and sells more shares to raise the money needed to maintain its operations. Rivian expects to start deliveries of the R2 in the first half of 2026. While production levels will be relatively flat year over year in 2025, next year could be pivotal for Rivian. Manufacturing is being impacted this fall as the company increases annual production capacity of its Illinois factory to approximately 215,000 units. Quarterly forecasts indicate that Lucid Motors stock price performance will remain sensitive to raw material costs, especially lithium and nickel, which are seeing renewed price volatility.