Lucid Group Inc. has disclosed a comprehensive restructuring program that contracts its manufacturing footprint and eliminates nearly a fifth of its domestic workforce. A ccording to filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the California-based luxury electric vehicle manufacturer is reducing its U.S. headcount by approximately 18 percent, a measure that terminates roughly 1,500 positions across full-time corporate staff, external contractors, and hourly production workers. The manufacturing adjustments focus heavily on the company’s AMP-1 assembly facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, where management has officially eliminated the second production shift to curtail vehicle output and lower climbing inventory levels. This pivot marks the second massive round of corporate downsizing for the automaker within a four-month window, following a 12 percent workforce reduction implemented in February. Taken together, the successive retrenchments have excised nearly 30 percent of Lucid’s domestic labor force within a single calendar year. The operational realignment is projected to yield annualized cost savings of approximately $158 million, offset by an estimated $32 million in one-time cash expenditures allocated for severance, extended employee benefits, and related transition support. The sweeping operational changes arrive just three weeks after Silvio Napoli formally assumed the role of permanent chief executive officer on June 1. Napoli, an industrial specialist who previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Swiss escalator and elevator manufacturer Schindler Group, appears to be rapidly flattens the organizational chart. Alongside the workforce reductions, Lucid announced the immediate departure of Chief Operating Officer Marc Winterhoff and the permanent elimination of the COO position itself. Winterhoff, who guided the company as interim chief executive for over a year following the exit of founder Peter Rawlinson, represents the latest in a string of high-profile executive departures that includes senior powertrain and platform development engineers. This structural defense highlights severe capital