{"id":84515,"date":"2026-01-02T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84515"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:41:29","slug":"lucid-took-quite-a-few-rivian-trade-ins-but-most-were-still-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84515","title":{"rendered":"Lucid (LCID) took &#8216;quite a few&#8217; Rivian trade-ins in 2025, but most were still Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Lucids-Gravity-SUV-orders.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1400\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Lucids-Gravity-SUV-orders.jpeg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Lucids-Gravity-SUV-orders.jpeg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Lucids-Gravity-SUV-orders.jpeg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Lucids-Gravity-SUV-orders.jpeg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/guides\/lucid-motors\/\">Lucid Motors<\/a> (LCID) saw \u201cquite a few\u201d trade-ins from Rivian (RIVN) this past year, but most were from Tesla (TSLA) owners.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-449400\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lucid-had-over-100-rivian-trade-in-requests-in-2025\">Lucid had over 100 Rivian trade-in requests in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Which electric vehicle brand does it better? Lucid, Rivian, or Tesla? Although they are unique, the three are often pitted against one another because they are pure EV players.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Tesla and Rivian both <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2026\/01\/02\/tesla-tsla-releases-q4-delivery-results\/\">reported fewer vehicle deliveries<\/a> in 2025 compared to the year prior, but we are still waiting to see Lucid\u2019s official numbers.<\/p>\n<p>After struggling to ramp up Gravity production throughout the first half of the year, Lucid claimed output was picking up in the final few months of 2025 and was expected to account for the bulk of deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\">Advertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although we will still have to wait for official sales numbers to be released, Lucid\u2019s communication boss, Nick Twork, said the company \u201ctook in quite a few rivian trades this year and had well over 100 trade in requests from Rivian owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.5287958115183\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lucid took in quite a few Rivian trades this year and had well over 100 trade in requests from Rivian owners. The majority of our trade ins are Teslas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Twork (@ntwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ntwork\/status\/2006793330127155347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twork added that \u201cthe majority of our trade ins are Teslas,\u201d which is expected given the many more Tesla drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Lucid\u2019s head of communications was responding to user @RivianTrackr <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ntwork\/status\/2006793330127155347\">on X<\/a>, claiming someone traded in a new Gravity with 1,400 miles for a Rivian R1S in Orlando.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"512\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins\" class=\"wp-image-446847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=150,75 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=350,175 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=140,70 140w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=290,145 290w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Lucid-Gravity-software-fix.jpeg?resize=600,300 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lucid Gravity Touring (Source: Lucid)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The comments come after Twork <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2025\/12\/18\/lucid-lcid-reassures-investors-stock-hits-new-low\/\">reassured investors<\/a> on X last month about Lucid\u2019s growth plans as the company\u2019s stock price hit an all-time low.<\/p>\n<p>Like the entire US auto industry, Lucid is facing headwinds due to the policy changes under the Trump Administration. Unlike others that have scaled back EV plans, Twork said, \u201cWe\u2019re building through it and ramping.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"451\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins\" class=\"wp-image-449410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=150,66 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=768,338 768w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=1024,451 1024w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=350,154 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Lucid-Rivian-trade-ins.jpeg?resize=140,62 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lucid (LCID), Rivian (RIVN), and Tesla (TSLA) stock price chart in 2025 (Source: TradingView)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lucid aims to produce 18,000 vehicles this year, at the lower end of its initial target of 20,000 to 18,000. With only 9,966 built at its Casa Grande, Arizona, manufacturing plant, it will need to produce another 8,000 more to hit its goal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lucid-production-deliveries-Q3-2025\" class=\"wp-image-442303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=350,197 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Lucid-Q3-2025-earnings.jpeg?resize=140,79 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lucid Q3 2025 production and deliveries (Source: Lucid Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We will learn Lucid\u2019s Q4 and full-year 2025 production and delivery numbers any day now. Twork said Lucid will share more about its growth plan during Capital Markets Day in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>While Lucid\u2019s stock price dropped by over 60% in 2025, Rivian\u2019s and Tesla\u2019s stock prices rose by 45% and 15%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Will 2025 be Lucid\u2019s comeback with Gravity production ramping up and the midsize platform due out later this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 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Lucid had over 100 Rivian trade-in requests in 2025 Which electric vehicle brand does it better? Lucid, Rivian, or Tesla? 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