Emad Dlala, a top executive at electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors, left the company just months after being promoted to a leadership rolehas learned TechCrunch.
Dlala’s departure is the first major executive departure since Lucid Motors was selected Silvio Napoli as its new general director in April. Napoli joined Lucid after a career in various leadership roles at escalator and elevator company Schindler Group. He formally started in the CEO role. just last week.
In a statement to TechCrunch, Lucid Motors confirmed Dlala’s departure and said the company is “transforming its organization to accelerate innovation and strengthen execution under the leadership of CEO Silvio Napoli.”
As part of that transformation, Lucid Motors said Vivek Attaluri, the company’s vice president of vehicle engineering, and Marc Solsona Palomar, its vice president of software, will now report directly to Napoli.
“Emad Dlala has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. We thank Emad for his many contributions over the years and wish him continued success in his future endeavors. Lucid remains focused on optimizing our organization and processes to fully leverage the strength of our team and we will communicate further actions soon,” the company said in a statement.
Dlala declined to comment.
Dlala had worked at Lucid Motors for more than a decade, making him one of the company’s longest-serving employees and executives. For the past five years, he was vice president of Lucid Motors and senior vice president of the company’s powertrain team.
In November, it was high to a role overseeing all “Engineering and Digital” at the same time Lucid Motors parted ways with its former chief engineer Eric Bach. Bach has since he was sued Lucid Motors for wrongful termination, although that lawsuit was recently stayed pending arbitration, according to federal court records.
The company has been changing in the months since. Lucid Motors laid off 12% of its workforce in February. as first reported by TechCrunch. It then completed its search for a new CEO after spending a year trying to replace Peter Rawlinson, who left suddenly in early 2025.
Dlala’s departure comes just months before the launch of Lucid Motors’ first mass-market vehicle built on its midsize platform, called the Cosmos. This electric vehicle is supposed to start below $50,000 and will ultimately give the Saudi-owned company the opportunity to offer a more affordable and widely adopted car.
This next-generation electric vehicle is also now a cornerstone of Lucid. Agreement to provide robotaxis to Uber. Lucid Motors has agreed to develop robotaxis with autonomous vehicle company Nuro, starting with its Gravity SUV. The autonomous Gravity is supposed to hit San Francisco roads later this year.
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