Cash-strapped electric luxury sedan maker Lucid said on Thursday a combined public offering and private placement of roughly 637 million shares would likely fetch it $1.67 billion.

(Reuters) -Cash-strapped electric luxury sedan maker Lucid said on Thursday a combined public offering and private placement of roughly 637 million shares would likely fetch it $1.67 billion. The stock sale as well as its latest warning of a bigger-than-expected loss for the third quarter sent Lucid shares down as much as 16.

Lucid Motors (LCID) stock is sliding after the EV-maker announced another capital raise via a share sale late Wednesday night, as the California-based EV maker seeks further runway ahead of the release of its upcoming EV SUV.