An apple pie can be good. A Dutch apple is very good. Dutch apple pie being very good does not take away from an apple pie being good, nor does it change that it is only good, just not very good.
Mmmm, a true comment by a CEO makes you not want to buy their vehicle? What else do you expect Peter to do. As you said, sales aren't great. So he needs to cite every advantage that his product has. He wasn't lying. He needs to improve sales so create a buzz about the product. Nothing absolutely wrong in that. Staying silent and expecting people to understand the product is not a good strategy at all, especially when you are a new car company with poor sales, despite having the best product in the category.
Can we rate the mods similarly?
I think one might be 'meh' but I won't name names
I’m flattered by your lies
But he didn't say the apple pie was good. He said it was NOT VERY GOOD.
It's important to remember that public relations is not about denigrating the competition or staying silent. It's about finding a balanced message highlighting your product's advantages. For instance, a statement like this can be more effective: "While the EV SUV space is full of great vehicles, I believe that the Lucid Gravity will be a standout in the areas of on-road driving feel and performance, range, and cabin utilization." This statement highlights the areas where Gravity is expected to be a class leader while not putting down the other vehicles.
While doing part (most?) of the Rubicon is certainly an achievement, there are many, many (almost all) SUV's that are not capable of doing the Rubicon in stock form. That doesn't mean those other SUV's were not a success as SUV's. I don't think the goal of Gravity is to be able to do the Rubicon, otherwise the design would be very different.
I don't expect the Gravity software to be anything like the Air. There is 25x the processing power in the Gravity. I expect the Gravity software to be significantly better than the Air. Unfortunately, I do not expect many of the improvements to make it to my #40 DE. I expect the Gravity software and updates to be independent of the Air, or a very significant fork.
Here's to hoping the Air will see a midcycle refresh after the Gravity is out, incorporating the new electronics. That's what Hyundai/Kia are doing for the 2025 Ioniq 5 and EV6 (getting the electronics debuted in the newer EV9) and Rivian just refreshed the R1 too for this model year
Dumb range with a 200KWH battery is dumb range, is it not? Not having a sizable frunk and less legroom ( for exterior dimensions) is less inefficient use of space is it not?
I would do it but I would mind. I don't think it is equivalent to what happened with old desktop computers. Cars are supposed to last at least ten years and the modern car is so hooked up that having a working wireless capability is essential and removing it makes the car much less useful for its intended purpose. Most of us never upgraded our old computers; we just bought new ones. But a $100K car is a different story.
However back in 2006 if you paid 80k to buy a Lexus ls430, the nav became obsolete in 4 years. I had to pay to upgrade the infotainment system with pioneer AA carplay for 1k.
And I notice that you are not currently driving a Lexus. Res Ipsa Loquitor.
Correct. My wife was driving it till Dec 2023. Now I replaced it with ioniq 5 RWD Limited. She loves it. I still have my fully loaded Toyota Sienna Minivan 42k new now 127k miles and I paid 700 to replace the infotainment with Pioneer AA/Car Play and added bluetooth. The builtin nav became useless after 3 years. I was using Garmin GPS for a while and then my phone.
Not fair. You are driving a luxury vehicle and your spouse is driving a very nice standard vehicle. You need to upgrade her to a Genesis GV60 Performance!
