Welcome back to EV News Daily. Coming up today, the Volvo EX30 is selling really well. The

cyber truck sales are surging in the US and MG's Marvel are heading to Australia. Plus, stay tuned

because later in the show, I'll tell you about perhaps the weirdest story of the week,

month, year. Elon Musk appears to be in a fight with a Russian warlord. Well, good morning,

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Be like Marty by clicking on a link in the show notes. Well, Lucid Motors kicks us off today with our

running order. And our first story

today, Lucid has inaugurated a new office in Michigan in Southfield, about 24 kilometres away from

Detroit, aiming to recruit automotive engineers and the local talent pool, part of Lucid's

strategy to expand the team, hardware engineering, R&D, operations, things like that.

Now, Eric Buck is the senior VP and chief engineer of Lucid, and he emphasized the urgency of recruiting good talent, saying, and I quote,

we need talent quickly, and that's what this hub is all about, end quote.

He noted that traditional car makers like Ford and GM are attracting skilled

workers from EV startups like Lucid, Tesla and Rivian. And in response, Lucid is prioritizing the

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