“Please don’t describe us as a Tesla killer”—Ars talks to Lucid Motors
Flush with cash and a new factory, Lucid aims to start deliveries early next year. …
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The Air looks superficially the same as when we saw it in 2017, but almost every body panel has changed.
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Lucid’s fleet of prototypes has been a little less busy than normal thanks to the pandemic.
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That’s a lot of beta prototypes!
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Peter Rawlinson was the chief engineer for the Tesla Model S before moving to Lucid in 2013 as CTO. He was named as CEO in 2019.
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This alpha prototype set a high speed of 235mph at the TRC test track in Ohio in 2017. Rawlinson thinks the production version should be capable of even greater performance thanks to a new 900V architecture, although customer cars will be limited by the speed rating of their tires.
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The Air has the external footprint of a Mercedes E-Class but the interior space of an S-Class, and these fancy reclining chairs will be an option.
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A contractor operates an excavator outside the Lucid Motors Inc. manufacturing facility while under construction in Casa Grande, Arizona, on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The 720,000 square foot factory should start churning out production cars in early 2021.
With a brand-new, state-of-the-art factory nearing completion in the Southwest desert and an energy-dense battery pack using cylindrical cells, it’s all-too tempting to set
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