Exclusive: Lucid whistleblower lawsuit links dismissed warning to Air recall that grew sixteenfold
Neil Milne's lawsuit ties an April 2025 warning to a half-shaft defect that Lucid later said could cause an unwarned loss of drive power.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
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Why it matters
The lawsuit puts Lucid's safety reviews under scrutiny after its telemetry-based recall screen missed 26 later incidents and 3,627 additional vehicles.
Neil Milne, a former Lucid engineering manager, has sued the electric-vehicle maker, alleging executives sidelined his warnings about a drive-unit and half-shaft system before Lucid recalled thousands of Air sedans over bolts that could come loose and cut drive power.
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