Abril / Bowman

San Jose, CA

Switching roles

I’m a technical specialist on Lucid’s vehicle dynamics team, performing in-vehicle development of ride and handling attributes.

Too many to count. In college, I drove a solar-powered car across the Australian Outback. At Lucid, there have been many, many giggles in development cars, from power slides on test tracks to road trip shenanigans with colleagues.

I love a good joke or soft prank. And if you know me for even a short time, you’ll probably be witness to pictures of my chonky cat.

I am happy to eat spaghetti for several meals in a row and not feel guilty.

As a kid, it was a 1969 C3 Corvette. At age sixteen, it became a C6 Corvette (yellow). Having since acquired the latter (tragically in red, alas), I recently purchased a Lucid Air Pure and absolutely love it. I haven’t driven the Corvette in months. This is not a paid ad.

I’m here to represent Lucid, and as a bonus I get to spend time cruising in the amazing vehicles we make, and share that with others.

I did the 5 day Whanganui River canoe journey in New Zealand with my partner, only tipping the canoe 1.5 times throughout.

Redwood City, CA

Switching roles

I am a senior engineer on Lucid's Vehicle Controls and Calibration team, where I focus on powertrain calibration work for performance and drivability attributes.

In college, I spent most of my time building a racecar in the center of Manhattan. We got to test everywhere from beach parking lots to active airport runways. At Lucid, I've continued to have numerous memorable moments.

If I'm not working, I'm baking. I am generally identified by my hair, which is the color of pink cotton candy.

I was a paddleboarding instructor for two years in high school.

I am lucky enough to have my dream car! When my grandmother was my age, she was a driver/navigator for some road rally racing in Long Island. She drove a Triumph TR2. I was able to find a 1971 Triumph Spitfire I've dubbed Ophelia. It that allows me to have a ton of fun, both driving and working on various upfits, and reminds me of her every day.

We have spent so much time working towards making Lucid vehicles a wonderful driving experience; I'm excited to get to share that with more people and experience it myself without a computer in hand.

I spent most of my senior year in college building a motor by hand, from scratch. We installed it into an e-bike we designed, and got to see it go for a spin around the streets of NYC.