DawgTalkers.net Forums Thread Like Summary - A Lucid Talk About Cars And Tech

So, I'm approaching a stop light, and in the lane to my right, I see the rear end of a car I'd never seen before. I'm not particularly a 'car guy,' but I've always taken notice of styling, architecture, etc. Sometimes, I find myself all, "daaaang- that sure looks nice. I'd have never thought of that treatment." Sometimes, it's "what group of idiots thought this look was a good idea? I mean- a whole food chain of folks, any one of whom could have said- 'uh, guys- maybe we should put in more time...' "

This azz looked beautiful. Sleek, contoured, sculpted... like a quality, high-end brazilian butt lift. I looked for a badge. Couldn't see one. But I did see the tail light treatment- a 3-inch light bar that ran the virtual width of the rear end. Then, I pulled farther up into my lane while it was stopped. Damn, this car was sleek. As I rolled to my stop, I was checking it out through the passenger windows of my entirely pedestrian SUV. It was like black liquid flowing backward. Craned my neck, and couldn't see a badge of any sort. Another sleek light bar-type treatment for the front illumination. No grille.

We were in parallel left-turn lanes, so when the light changed, I slow-walked my turn to get a second look. It poured past me, and I saw that tail light treatment again. Of course, the brake lights were gone, but the entire panel still glowed a subtle but noticeable red. I looked closer, and saw a name, silhouetted in front of that red glow: LUCID.

When I got home, I did a quick search, and found stuff about a car brand I'd never heard of until 5 hours ago. This is the car I saw. It gets >500 miles of use from a single charge.


Car guys: what's the inside talk about this brand? I'm mildly curious, but too lazy to join msg boards, and do research. I'd much rather get the skinny from folk I know.

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Also: if some of you Dawgs remember, back in ~2009/10, I authored a thread about the then brand-new Tesla Roadster. That thread was one of the first at DT to ever talk about EV's (I'm kinda proud of that fact). How different is our conversation about EV's now, almost 1.5 decades hence?

Time.
Perspective.

This is it right here. Enough time has passed to where the offerings are getting into the realm of "I think I can do this". The spectrum of fully electric offerings has expanded past just clown cars into normal everyday folk cars, SUVs, and even pickup trucks. I have my eye on a certain spec of Tesla and it's downright affordable right now.

With that time and progress, perspective is also shifting. Hyundai/Kia/Genesis are putting out some stellar products right now, and IMO the ones leading the charge are their electric vehicles. Ford has finally starting turning the ship. The appeal of an electric is slowly expanding past just the cost-benefit analysis.

Moreso in terms of perspective, I find myself more and more focused on where my dollars are ending up. EV batteries are still a pain point, but work is being done there. I can definitely get behind the idea of no longer spending my money on gasoline.

beautiful cars... not quite there yet. Lucid was started by former VP of Tesla. They are still struggling with software and electrical issues. But I think they'll get there. They will take the Luxury EV market over I think. They set out to do that as opposed to tesla who picked more the performance route. You get into to the Lucid sapphire and you could have 2 Model S plaid for that price.. but they look really nice.

I think we're starting to get out of that phase. I believe there is a report out there that talks about the expected longevity of batteries, and it's a positive one (I believe that magic number you're referring to is closer to, if not over, 200k miles). 200k with legit evidence behind that number is much more palatable.

That said, it still requires a shift in thinking. We have become so used to periodically sinking smaller amounts of money into a car over time. Every car has a cost associated with keeping it on the road in good working order. EV's are no different, just follow a different curve (on average).

I'm not quite sold yet, but I'm (obviously) coming around.