Tag: lucid air
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Lucid CEO Believes Fleets Of Robotaxis Are A Decade Away
The chief executive of Lucid doesn’t think we will see fleets of self-driving taxis for another decade. Hot on the heels of Lucid beginning production of the all-electric Air, chief executive Peter Rawlinson told Reuters that technological hurdles will prevent robotaxis from becoming commonplace anytime in the near future. “I think we’re 10 years out…
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Lucid announces Air production preview event in late September
Lucid Group has announced a production preview event that will start on September 27th at its Advanced Manufacturing Plant (AMP-1) factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, giving insights into the assembly processes of the company’s first electric vehicle. The week-long event starting on September 27th will be available for media members, policymakers, and a select group…
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Lucid says its first electric car drove 445 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco without charging, easily besting Tesla’s range
Lucid Air. Lucid Motors In a range test with Motortrend, the Lucid Air drove 445 miles on a charge with energy to spare. Tesla has led the range game for years with the Model S, which has an EPA range of 405 miles. Lucid claims its $169,000 Air Dream can travel up to 517 miles…
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Lucid Motors details production efforts, new showrooms, and its SUV
Lucid Motors has released new details regarding the production of the Air sedan, along with plans of an upcoming flagship studio in New York City and some minor updates on the Gravity SUV that it announced late last year. Lucid and Churchill Capital Corp IV filed new details with the SEC, stating that the company…
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Lucid Motors adds former Waymo Treasurer as CFO as company prepares to go public
Lucid Motors has announced it has appointed former Waymo Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations Sherry House because its Chief Financial Officer before the automaker’s choice to turn into a publicly-traded business. Along with the addition of House into the Lucid executive group, the business has added several other new executives who will contribute crucial…
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Lucid continues to test Air prototypes ahead of late 2021 production
Lucid Motors continues to test prototypes of the Air, the company’s first all-electric sedan that will begin production in the latter half of 2021. A prototype of the Air was spotted on California Highway 280 near the town of Millbrae, sporting a multi-colored wrap with a masked driver at the wheel. New photos show the…
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‘Tesla Killers’ are like Bigfoot: They don’t exist and they never will
The term “Tesla Killer” should be retired for the rest of time. For years, automakers across the world have released their introductory electric cars into the quickly growing EV sector. With plans written out and cool, sporty photographs and renders of the “next big thing” in the EV sector being released by some of the…
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Lucid reveals how many Air Dream Edition models it sold before closing reservations
Lucid Motors revealed earlier today to Teslarati that it sold roughly 500 Air Dream Edition all-electric sedans prior to closing bookings to the general public. The automaker announced yesterday that it had officially closed bookings for its flagship edition of its launching sedan. Teslarati received word in the Lucid Motors spokesperson who shed light on…
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Lucid CEO Believes The Air Has Achieved The Vault-Like Experience He Was Aiming For
Yes, this really is the CEO of a business giving a review of the car he constructed, so it isn’t especially aim. But it’s still fascinating to see what Peter Rawlinson believes the Lucid Air is like. The “review” comes out of a video lately published by the automaker, showing Rawlinson driving a “discharge candidate.…
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COVID-19 Causes Lucid To Push Production Of The Air To Second Half Of 2021
As per a letter in the company’s CEO Peter Rawlinson delivered out to investors and customers, production of this Lucid Air has been delayed. Rawlinson includes the delay to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The CEO reported that regardless of the company’s tough work, the wide-ranging impacts of this virus have led to delays at every…