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Just received an offer from Tesla to add ceramic brakes to our Model S Plaid at a price of 20k. Funny thing is, we no longer have the Plaid. Any chance of Lucid offering Ceramic brakes as an Option? Should be a simple thing to do. I for one would grab a set. I wonder how many owners would go for...

On long trips, given the probability of having to skip a charging stop, we never let the SOC drop bellow the distance needed to skip a stop. Basically, we are treating the DEP as a 300 mile range car, with a 100 mile emergency reserve. I have not calculated the time added to a trip, but clearly...

I drove our R1T though one of the worst rain storms in South Florida with high mile winds and never had any leaks. I use a power washer to wash the car and have not had any problems with water ingress.

Just got another Rivian recall notice. Hi Michael, We have initiated a voluntary recall that affects your vehicle. Certain model year 2022 R1S and R1T vehicles fail to conform with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 “Occupant Crash Protection.”A sensor in the front passenger seat...

Owned a 2020 Taycan 4S for 2 years. Had lots of strange unexplained events (growing pains) during ownership. Longest out of service of the car was 12 days waiting for parts. Most OTA updates had to be done at the dealership, usually a two day affair. I kept the Porsche for four months, post...

I did own a Taycan 4S and an MS Plaid and I agree with your view on both. Reliability and availability was much better on these two cars but the decision to hold on to our DEP makes it the better car choice for us. BTW... we did get a recall for the Taycan 4S today, so maybe the statement that...

Lucid needs 300-350 mile range to remain competitive in the luxury entry level rear wheel drive EV market. Assuming a 4.6m/kWh efficiency, the battery required to achieve 350 miles is in the 80kWh range. I am more interested in the Pure's driving dynamics than the efficiency numbers. I Owned a...

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I had the Hancock on my Taycan 4S and I found them to do everything well. Quiet, good steering feel, and good handling characteristics.

Yes. The 150,000 miles with minimum 70% retention of Battery capacity over the warranty period makes a big difference when shopping for a preOwned EV. Does not matter to me as I am going to hit the 8 year limit on my DEP before I reach the 100k, but if I was looking into a 4 year old car with...

I agree... I was simply surprised to see a MS at the price it was listed. I was also surprised to see the warranty offered by the MS is substantially better than its competitors.

I don't see anything on Lucid's site that can compete with the Model S https://www.tesla.com/ms/order/5YJS216_7655055b11c5077c93a56151aa674525#overview

Yes.. one of the biggest scams in the Industry. 1. Cheat, 2. Cut a deal with the US Gov. 3. Create a new Company (EA). 4. Spend 2BB building a charging Infrastructure. 5. Recover most of the investment by selling shares of the company.

I do enjoy watching reviews especially reviews of cars I already own. Get a kick out of items that are exaggerated and presented as "negatives", but most if not all items are of no consequence to an owner. Unfortunately people do have a tendency to listen to the "experts" and often walk away...

We started with the BMW I3 which was the most efficient car we ever owned at 4.8 m/kWh to the Rivian which is averaging 2.1m/kwh over 5k miles. The biggest surprise was the Taycan 4S which did really well on long trips at speed. I suspect the 4S's two speed gearbox did the trick. We use 3.2m/kWh...

There is so much time spent on efficiency. I find it hard to believe anyone paid 150k plus for a Lucid Air for a 10-30 % bump in efficiency over the competition. After a year and 7k miles of ownership, I am averaging 3.3 m/kWh with the DEP Lucid. Large tires, with covers removed, and driving...

We own DEP #180 since Dec 2021. Love the car!! Love it enough that we placed a reservation for a Pure to replace my wife's IX 50 which I used as reference.

I was referencing cars in the Air Pure's price range.

High end EVs are running Dual all-electric motors with total power output of 500+-hp and 500+ lb-ft of torque. Lucid needs to come close or equal those numbers to stay in the game.

We owned, 7 Teslas and have gone from a early "nightmare ownership" to zero issues. One thing Tesla does that no other EV can do is the speed at which they can troubleshoot and carry out the repairs. Tesla replaced the rear drive unit of our 2016 MX in less than 4 hours. Tesla picked up the...