Lucid Motors Inc.’s last-gasp appeal to investors succeeded in pushing through approval for the electric-car startup’s deal to go public by merging with a blank-check company.
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The Lucid Air prototype electric vehicle manufactured by Lucid Motors Inc. stands at company headquarters in Newark, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Lucid Clinches SPAC Deal With 11th-Hour Appeal
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SPAC Crackdown Threatens Environment That Powers EV Startups
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe marriage between SPACs and clean-tech vehicle startups is on the rocks as regulators push for detail.
May 3, 2021 Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous 
Luminar Technologies lidar imaging. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Luminar Technologies More Than Doubles Post SPAC Merger
Luminar Technologies lidar imaging. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)Peter Thiel-backed Luminar Technologies Inc. briefly touched an all-time high within days of emerging as a stand-alone company as investor excitement over developers of laser sensors that enable autonomous driving ramped up.
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