Tesla Rival Lucid Taps Mercedes Benz’s Top ‘Dieselgate’ Lawyer

Jan. 30, 2024, 5:06 PM UTC

Lucid Group Inc., a manufacturer of luxury electric sports cars backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, has hired Matthew Everitt as general counsel.

Everitt spent the past decade as a key lawyer for German auto giant Mercedes-Benz Group AG and its predecessor Daimler AG. During his time working at the company, where he most recently was general counsel for Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, Everitt worked on a variety of complex legal and regulatory issues, including a long-running vehicular emissions scandal known as Dieselgate.

The Saudi Public Investment Fund has a controlling stake in Lucid, after exiting its holdings in ...

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