Exhibit 99.1

  Guggenheim Securities, LLC 330 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10017 GuggenheimPartners.com

March 19, 2021

The Board of Directors

Churchill Capital Corp IV

640 Fifth Avenue, 12^th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Re:      Consent for Fairness Opinion Disclosure

Members of the Board:

Guggenheim Securities, LLC (“Guggenheim Securities”) hereby consents to (i) the inclusion of our opinion letter dated February 22, 2021 (the “Opinion”) to the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp IV (“CCCIV”) as Annex I to the proxy statement/prospectus that is being filed on or promptly after the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the proposed merger involving CCCIV, Air Merger Sub, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of CCCIV), and Atieva, Inc. d/b/a Lucid Motors (“Lucid”), which proxy statement/prospectus forms a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of CCCIV (the “Registration Statement”) that is being filed on or promptly after the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) the references therein to Guggenheim Securities and (iii) the inclusion therein of (a) the summaries of and excerpts from the Opinion, (b) the description of certain financial analyses underlying the Opinion and (c) certain terms of our engagement by CCCIV.

By giving such consent, Guggenheim Securities does not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such proxy statement/prospectus within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in, or that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under, the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,
GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES, LLC
By:	/s/ Eric Rutkoske
	Eric Rutkoske
	Senior Managing Director