Founder Profile
Bernard Tse
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Background
Bernard Tse possessed a profoundly rigorous, highly technical background in advanced electrical engineering and complex electric vehicle architecture. Operating as a fiercely talented board member and executive at Tesla Motors during its absolute infancy, this incredibly intense foundation in massive-scale battery mechanics provided the exact technological mastery required to successfully pioneer the massive Lucid Motors enterprise.
Founding Story
Bernard Tse is a highly brilliant technology executive, fiercely innovative automotive engineer, and the profoundly influential founding patriarch fundamentally responsible for launching Atieva, the massively ambitious startup that evolved into the massive Lucid Motors empire. Operating as an incredibly skilled former Vice President at Tesla and a massive pioneer in electric battery technology, Tse aggressively recognized the massive limitations in early EV powertrains. In 2007, he relentlessly partnered with Sheaupyng Lin to completely revolutionize battery systems for other vehicle manufacturers. By fiercely engineering highly advanced, massively efficient battery packs that eventually powered the entire Formula E racing grid, his incredibly rigorous technical leadership completely laid the absolute structural bedrock for Lucid's transition into manufacturing ultra-luxury, high-performance electric vehicles.