Lucid Engineering Chief Emad Dlala Leaves as New CEO Reshapes Team

Napoli has flattened engineering reporting to speed decision-making ahead of the Cosmos midsize production run later this year.

Overview

Lucid confirmed Wednesday that Emad Dlala, a nearly 11-year company veteran and senior vice president of engineering and software, has elected to leave the company.
The exit is the first major senior departure since Silvio Napoli was named CEO and begins a reorganization that removes Dlala’s layer of senior management.
As part of the shift, vice president of vehicle engineering Vivek Attaluri and vice president of software Marc Solsona Palomar will now report directly to Napoli.
Dlala’s departure follows months of engineering and software turmoil at Lucid, including the ouster and wrongful-termination suit of former chief engineer Eric Bach and a broad over-the-air fix (OTA 3.4.0) pushed earlier this year.
The leadership churn — by one count the 14th senior exit since October 2023 — raises execution risk as Lucid prepares to start production of the lower-cost Cosmos platform that it sees as key to scaling the Saudi-backed automaker.