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In our almost daily series of discussions about the EV industry, today my brother and I were rehashing the (usually sad) fates of EV startups in the U.S. and the reasons for their varying trajectories: Tesla, Rivian, Lordstown, Telo, Aptera, Faraday Future, Canoo, Fisker, Bollinger, Arcimoto...

I just watched some videos of today's reveal of the Kia EV3 which is already getting rave reviews. Not only does it seem to put the same emphasis on interior packaging efficiency that Lucid does (and, unlike the Germans, managing to include a frunk), it is turning back toward buttons for...

In our Air we were following friends home from a restaurant this evening. For the second time they told us that the driver side headlights were much brighter than the passenger side headlights. The lights were set to "Auto" but were on low beams without "Autodimming" engaged. When we got onto...

Mercedes has apparently been so disappointed in EQS and EQE sales that they are rethinking their product lineup: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/mercedes-has-reportedly-cancelled-entire-ev-platform

"Motor Trend" just published an interesting interview with Peter Rawlinson. For the first time, I think, Rawlinson openly says that Lucid's mission is to keep focus on moving EV technology forward while Tesla has become distracted by Musk's antics...

With all the focus on the Lucid stock price and new model teases, there are some things going on behind the publicity that indicate Lucid is maturing its organization to prepare for a solid future. My brother and I were discussing whether his Tesla Model 3 replacement should be a Lucid, but we...

"Tailosive", a fairly popular YouTube channel that has long been pro-Tesla, has done a significant turnaround on Lucid. It all began when Drew Erickson, the channel producer, finally drove a Lucid Air when a studio opened up near him. He was blown away by how good the car was, and it put him...

Although I can still play Tidal music in the Air by keying in selections, I can no longer access Tidal through Alexa voice commands. When I try, I get a voice prompt telling me to go into my Alexa mobile app to reestablish the connection. When I ask Siri to open the Alexa app, I get a voice...

One of the ~160 Lucid Airs sold so far in Western Europe apparently made its way to Poland. My partner is there now and sent me this news clip from Warsaw. Apparently, the driver tried to avoid hitting a car that cut him off and instead hit a pole (lower case, no pun intended), whereupon the...

https://www.motortrend.com/features/lucid-motors-design-studio-tour-future-vehicles-air-gravity/

"Out of Spec Dave" (father of Kyle Conner of "Out of Spec Studios") posted a video tour of the EVs at the recent New York Auto Show. He begins discussing Lucid at 1:04:00 and says the lines to test drive an Air were the longest he had ever seen at the show. But . . . there was no Gravity at...

"Top Gear" seems to have joined the ranks of those serious auto reviewers who really get what Lucid is doing and its potential place in the EV universe: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/inside-lucid-behind-scenes-teslas-worst-nightmare

A friend called me yesterday on the way home from a Lexus dealership where he had gone to get his Lexus washed. In the showroom he saw a used Lexus RZ450e with 891 miles on it. The MSRP was around $64,000, but the dealer was asking $46,000 for it "as is". He wanted to know what I thought of...

I continue to be amazed by how overtly biased many reviewers are against Lucid in favor of Tesla. In the video below the reviewer undertook to compare the rear seat room of the Lucid Air to that of the Tesla Model S. To do so, he ran the front seat of the Lucid all the way back. But in the...

I am definitely in the camp that absolutely loves the Air, probably because I have a long history as an early adopter of cars and things technical. But I can't say that I disagree with Motor Trend's conclusions about the Air --- at least the earlier ones...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/luxury-ev-maker-lucid-open-165259831.html Meanwhile, back at the ranch Apple has decided to terminate the development of the "Apple Car": https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/apple-abandons-car-project-report-claims/

The Lucid host at the Geneva Auto Show said the Air Pure RWD has 16 battery modules, making it the lightest vehicle in the line-up. I thought there were only three battery packs in current Lucids: two with 22 modules (118 and 112 kWh) and one with 18 modules (92 kWh)? The comment is at 3:03...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/us/electric-vehicles-republican-voters-dg/index.html

When I was drying the Air at the carwash this morning, an older gentleman pulled up next to me in an Audi A5 cabriolet. He was full of questions about the car but, as has happened before, seemed oddly focused on the Zenith Red color. However, he also wanted to look in the trunk, frunk, and...