"2022 Lucid Air: The makers of the first 500-mile EV should be taken seriously" - Article link

[Tooney]

https://chargedevs.com/features/202...-first-500-mile-ev-should-be-taken-seriously/

 

[Sidicks]

Looks like very impressive technology, likely to be nice to travel in, and probably also to own. however, it seems unlikely to have ’driver’s car’ very high on its list of priorities, unlike the Taycan!

So, I have no desire to own one!

 

[bah1590]

I'll take them seriously when they demonstrate they can make and sell cars in volume. Their 2022 goal is production of 20,000 Air's with 17,000 of those reserved. They have a long way to go to match the big boys(Volkswagen, Tesla). Tesla produced almost 1 million vehicles last year and are expecting to produce 1.5 million this year.

 

[batteredhaddock]

Looks like very impressive technology, likely to be nice to travel in, and probably also to own. however, it seems unlikely to have ’driver’s car’ very high on its list of priorities, unlike the Taycan!

So, I have no desire to own one!

Impressed with the range, hope it will convert naysayers but 100% not my cup of tea. Looks like something an American Alan Partridge would think is cool. Now give me more conversions of US cars made when US cars were cool (as in when the term cool was cool) and I’m in (that F-100 retrofit ford did..that was goood).

 

[jkjjpc]

Car is getting good reviews and an independent 500 mile 70 mph range test. But if you read lucidowners.com you will see lots of complaints about missing features due to delayed software and software bugs. Overall the software issues sound worse than those for the Taycan, and that is saying something.

 

[AddAlfa]

Not very nice body lines. Oh yeah, funded by the Saudi’s who own 60% of the company. I guess they know the future is electric!

 

[nickmdp]

Impressed with the range, hope it will convert naysayers but 100% not my cup of tea. Looks like something an American Alan Partridge would think is cool. Now give me more conversions of US cars made when US cars were cool (as in when the term cool was cool) and I’m in (that F-100 retrofit ford did..that was goood).

Agreed. It's super encouraging that we now have real 500 mile cars (I think even the Model S Long Range doesn't get 300 miles at 75 mph), but man is that design so divisive. If that powertrain was in almost any other body and from an established manufacturer, I'd probably abandon the Taycan immediately. My hope is that in ~4 years there's more solid competition at the 500+ mile range, and ideally, I could sell my GTS, buy a 500 mile car, and have some money leftover.

Most interesting at this point would be the rally car that Rivian apparently has in the works, some of the Lotus models that they're planning to come out with, and probably most obviously whatever ends up being the next generation Taycan.

 

[User name]

I like it, and I have a deposit for a GT. I am looking forward to own one. To me the interior and the exterior is comparable to the MB S Class.