Tri-Motor Air?

[BlindPass]

Honestly, I’d be shocked if they were not sandbagging.

OTA updates? Porsche like “underpromise, overdeliver”? Product differentiation with their Tri?

 

[Hawk]

@WillChen posted this in a different thread:

Tri-Motor Lucid Air Capable Of 9.3-Second Quarter Mile

Not even the Dodge Challenger Demon is that fast!

carbuzz.com

 

[Hawk]

Here is the Jalopnik article - "Rawlinson let slip" ( ) that he personally ran a 9.3 sec 1/4 mile:

Lucid Has A More Powerful Tri-Motor Air Prototype That Runs 9.3-Second Quarter Miles

Nine point three seconds. In the quarter mile. From what will ostensibly be a production sedan. Okay, so the 1,080 horsepower twin-motor Lucid Air you can already order can do a sub-10-second run, but 9.3 seconds would put everything else on any dealer lot in the world to shame. The Dodge Demon...

jalopnik.com

 

[BlindPass]

9.3?!?

Only $30k more and I can get one of the quickest cars ever?

 

[Hawk]

9.3?!?

Only $30k more and I can get one of the quickest cars ever?

And, most likely no place for your rear passengers to put their feet!

 

[hmp10]

This article seems to be the most accurate I've seen to date. It discusses the removal of four battery modules for the higher-range and -performance versions. It suggests that back seat passengers (over 6'3") might run out of headroom before they run out of legroom, but they don't specify with which battery pack. It also says the tri-motor car will come out in late fall/early winter of 2021.

Range-Busting 2021 Lucid Air Electric Luxury Sedan Revealed

The launch edition costs $169,000, but there's an under-$80,000 version coming, and Lucid says it will start delivering cars to customers in spring 2021.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[BlindPass]

This article seems to be the most accurate I've seen to date. It discusses the removal of four battery modules for the higher-range and -performance versions. It suggests that back seat passengers (over 6'3") might run out of headroom before they run out of legroom, but they don't specify with which battery pack. It also says the tri-motor car will come out in late fall/early winter of 2021.

Range-Busting 2021 Lucid Air Electric Luxury Sedan Revealed

The launch edition costs $169,000, but there's an under-$80,000 version coming, and Lucid says it will start delivering cars to customers in spring 2021.

www.caranddriver.com

Am I guilty of the Osborne effect in thinking I should wait?

Given I can’t drive/get a Dream until Q2, in colors I don’t like, I don’t think waiting another couple quarters is too irrational.

But then there’s the Roadster and possible Porsche releases soon after. For perhaps less. I love the thought of a luxury sedan that can inconspicuously do 9.3, while on my way with 3 guests to dinner (my passengers may disagree about the subtlety of that), but the Roadster is leaving the domain of traction based cars.

If I wait long enough maybe I’ll get my teleportation device.

 

[hmp10]

Given I can’t drive/get a Dream until Q2, in colors I don’t like, I don’t think waiting another couple quarters is too irrational.

Based on no information whatsoever, I will hazard a guess that the tri-motor performance car will have very limited color choices, too, also perhaps including a "unique" color . . . but, one hopes, not Eureka Gold.

 

[BlindPass]

Based on no information whatsoever, I will hazard a guess that the tri-motor performance car will have very limited color choices, too, also perhaps including a "unique" color . . . but, one hopes, not Eureka Gold.

Good point. I could stand the black a lot more if not for the premium statin aluminum top.

 

[hmp10]

Well, car wrap film has tamed more than one car.

Of course, I'm a big fan of the two-tone paint jobs of the 1950's. I kind of like some of Lucid's touches that harken back to that era. The "Air" logo would look at home on a '57 Chevy, and the satin roof rails make me think of a '58 Ford Fairlane. Yowza!