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Dec. 10, 2025

Lucid engineer sues over Nazi slur and alleged retaliatory firing

Former Lucid chief engineer sues for $10 million, alleges retaliatory firing after HR employee called him a Nazi. The company calls his claims "absurd" and instead cites legitimate reasons for termination.

A former chief engineer says electric vehicle maker Lucid called him a Nazi and then fired him, according to a $10 million lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday, although the company says he was fired for other reasons.

Eric Bach, a former senior vice president and chief engineer, who is from Germany, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the multi-billion-dollar company, which has a contract with Uber to supply part of its self-driving car fleet. Bach c...

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