Lucid Group and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have announced a strategic partnership to shape the future of electric vehicle (EV) technology.

The partnership will leverage Saudi Arabia's growing resources and access KAUST's supercomputing capabilities.

The collaboration will focus on designing and prototyping next-generation components and systems, integrating disciplines like mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical engineering.

Materials science will be a key focus, with research on high-performance metallic and polymer-based composites, heat-reflective glass coatings, innovative laminates, and alternative non-conventional materials. The collaborative research and development activities will be hosted at KAUST's advanced laboratories in King Abdullah Economic City.

"Access to high-performance computing at this level is truly transformative," said Eric Bach, SVP of Product and Chief Engineer at Lucid.

"It dramatically enhances our ability to develop advanced fluids, materials and alloys, simulate real-world physics for crash safety and structural optimisation, model fluid dynamics and thermal transfer, analyse electromagnetic flux, and accelerate AI training for digital twin technology, autonomous systems, and large language models."