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Nestled at the foot of a steep, forested hill, 16 kilometers outside Wellington, New Zealand is a rather unassuming building; one among many on a research campus that was first established in the 1940s. From outside, theres little to suggest that this is the birthplace of a remarkable piece of technology bound for the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming months.
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Lucid Motors is about to have a busy 2025. Yesterday, the automaker announced that CEO Peter Rawlinson would step down , and in the same breath, it announced plans to double production to 20,000 units. Marc Winterhoff, Lucids current chief operating officer, will fill the CEO chair while a replacement is found by the board. Rawlinson will step away from CEO duties into a role as a strategic technical advisor to the chairman of the board.
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