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Lucid City“I think profitability will be probably 2027 most likely”@ 4:21 · open at this moment on YouTube ↗
Thesis at the time
MixedLucid announced partnership with Dubai Police HQ with ~18-20 vehicles visible in photos — helping explain strong Q3 delivery numbers and validating Middle East demand. However, shorts are increasing 2.84M shares, pushing short interest to 30.9% of float — approaching the April all-time high of 32%. Tesla's robotaxi unveil today is a key market event; good news for Tesla could lift Lucid via sector sympathy, and Lucid's own Nvidia-chip autonomous driving plans may benefit from positive robotaxi sentiment. Profitability likely around 2027.
Key arguments
- Dubai Police partnership confirms ~18-20 Lucid vehicles in UAE government fleet — explains strong Q3 deliveries
- Shorts increasing 2.84M shares — approaching all-time high of 32% short interest
- Tesla robotaxi unveil today could positively correlate to Lucid's Nvidia autonomous driving plans
- Wholesale inventories data beat helps broader market — positive macro backdrop
- Strong Q3 delivery numbers likely partly driven by Middle East government fleet sales
Counter-arguments acknowledged
- Shorts are selling the 2 large transactions on secondary market ($240K and $489K sells)
- Big money is still predominantly selling, not buying the dip
- Retail are getting back in slowly but Lucid is still losing more buyers per day than gaining
The call
- Date said
- Oct 9, 2024
- Deadline
- Dec 31, 2027
- Price at prediction
- $33.90
- Confidence
- low
- Specificity
- vague
How it resolved
- Status
- unverifiable
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