This is going to be my first EV, and I am excited to give Lucid a try! I have read electric motors last a long time, (read somewhere 350k miles+) and these Lucid motors are smaller, more advanced and different from those tested, the Battery will probably need to be replaced in 10-15 years but who knows?.. These cars dont have combustion engines that require oil, plugs, fuel injectors, motor and fuel pumps etc, and all the stuff that goes bad with age on combustion engine cars after about 50-100k miles, and why traditional cars depreciate. So, having the very first Lucid Product might make this car a keeper.
In my opinion, Electric cars are still in their infancy, in 10 years this car could become a classic since it is a true EV game changer today, and cars 10 years from now will be even more advanced.. These are high tech computerized cars, in 20 years it could be like looking at the very first apple computer, it could have a funky cool factor about it, the car will get software updates just like our computers do, eventually the hardware could become obsolete but most of the items are modular can easily be replaced just like a computer, but I think it will still have a dated funky coolness about it in 10-20 years for sure. Then again it could just become an old car, but I dont think so, since people will not shy away from buying a vintage EV that has 150k miles on it if the motors last 350k and the battery 15 years, with low maintenance required.. The average person drives 10-15k miles per year, so in 10 years most of these cars will have 100-150k miles on them, and still have plenty of life left (350k miles = 24 year motor life at 15k miles per year, and 35 years at 10k miles per year), so resale could be very high on true EV's for their first 50% of life compared to combustion engine cars, since most of the parts (while may be expensive) are plug and play.. The cost of a new battery in 15 years is probably allot less than one would spend over 15 years of owning a combustion BMW or Mercedes on fluid & filter changes alone. So while these machines seem expensive they could have a much longer life span compared a combustion engine car, so if they last twice or three times as long we could look back at this time as a EV bargain time, since they will likely get very expensive to buy if they prove to have long life spans. Too early to tell for sure yet but interesting to think about.
