Recent content by ac.bill

Agree, but dilution is inevitable. Lucid is a startup in a low margin capital intensive industry. A typical automotive factory might cost $5 Billion. Lucid's first one is still being finished. The second one in Saudi doesn't have any fabrication capacity yet. The third one, for mid-size...

The whole auto industry is in a slump. Financing is expensive and harder to qualify for. Combine that with industrywide declines in trade-in values and financing will be more difficult and costly for the buyer making an aspirational purchase of a Pure (stretching their budget). Many news outlets...

I would have gone for that configuration if it had been available, but actually glad that didn't happen. It's quite handy to be able to fold the seat down and carry longer things in the back.

Oh, I haven't departed. I've just been swamped with that IRL stuff. Still love my Air GT and flog it every chance I get. This forum is a gem, a great resource for those new to Lucid or altogether new to EVs. Forums don't run on their own and we're lucky to have people motivated enough to create...

I just got my letter too.

This was a 2011 LEAF and I got it 7 years ago. Some time back I gave it to my cousin's kid. She had a 30 mile round trip commute and that was about how much range it had left. she could charge at work. The cars build quality and ride were vastly better than I expected in a little car. The...

I had just sold my Subaru STi, bought it for a track car but ended up only riding motorcycles on track, but then I needed a "rainy day" car for when I didn't want to commute by bike the LEAF was intended as a stopgap until I found something I wanted, but that little car won me over. Track and...

Yes. We've been spoiled. It's just like that first EV years ago, a high mileage LEAF that I actually bought as a joke. After commuting in it for a week everything else felt old-fashioned and somehow unfinished. Now Lucid has set that hook even deeper. If I suddenly couldn't have a Lucid for...

The earnings call turned out just about like I expected. The negativity and selling is just about as I expected. Lowball orders posted for tomorrow. Not worried at all.

Here it is -

It's a balance between velocity and charging speed. And lots of help from friends. Here's Kyles previous run, made in a Taycan.

And here we go:

Over 40 metal roof Airs were in the shipping lot at the factory this morning, could be Touring or Pure. Either way we should see more metal roof owners showing up on the forum soon.

Could have been. I spend more time in fort Worth and the Mid-Cities though. With the Lucid Studio in Plano and the nature of that neighborhood I'm not surprised you are seeing them up there.

Interesting thread. I have had no wind noise issues but have noticed that, since the Air's cabin is so naturally quiet, any sound that does get in seems loud. I would like to try a dB meter in the car (or just wait for Bjorn Nyland's upcoming reviews). I know my 21" wheels make more noise than...