Air Electric Vehicle of Lucid: Will This Beat Musk's Tesla and Take Over the EV Industry?

Electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid recently unleashed the Air, the company's new car, and tech reports said the product has gone down a storm.

Musk single-handedly kick-started the electric vehicle revolution and has been riding the wave since a Medium report specified. Now, almost ten years after his Model S EV debuted.

Tesla remains leading in the EV market. However, startup Lucid and its new car model, Air, are performing far better than anything Tesla has.

Essentially Peter Rawlinson, the CEO of Lucid, reportedly held the chief engineer position of the Tesla Model S during the early 2010s.

Therefore, in a way, the official has been the brains behind this evolution of EVs from the beginning. Once he left the Musk-led company and founded Lucid, Rawlinson took his in-depth knowledge with him. As a result, even though his newly founded firm is new in the industry, its roots go much further back.

Faster than the Others

Based on reviews, this new Lucid EV is faster than other famous luxury vehicles, including Ferarri, McLaren, Lamborghini, and Porsche.

Such a record means that the Air shot op Goodwood Hill, described in a CNET report, is quicker than a Porsche 911 GT2 Manthey Racing, which is presently holding the Nurburgring production car lap record at six minutes and 43 seconds.

The Tesla Model S Plaid, on the other hand, the fastest design EV of Tesla, only managed a fastness of seven-minute-30-second.

Therefore, even though the Air and Plaid have not yet raced ever, one can infer ever that the former is likely quicker.

A Threat to Tesla?

May in the industry now ask if there is a need for Tesla to worry with its Model S Plaid faster in a straight line, with zero a zero to 60 time of 1.99 seconds although more about a little more than two seconds in the real world, a 390-mile range, and a bargain basement amounting to $140,000. Therefore, it appears as if Tesla has indeed nothing to worry about.

Some say there is still something for Tesla to worry about. First, the Air Grand Touring Performance not just goes further but charges more rapidly as well, at 500 kilowatts, than the 250 kilowatts of Tesla.,

There is the fact, too, that straight line speed is not everything, and it seems the air physically is handling far better.

Therefore, in reality, the air is the faster vehicle. There is the fact as well that the interior of the Air is more on par with super luxury brands such as Bentley and Mercedes, while Tesla has been routinely "scolded" for its inexpensive and poorly constructed "cockpits."

Soon to be No. 1 in EV Technology

From a technological viewpoint, Musk, indeed, should be worried. Lucid can make Tesla cars look inefficient, short on range, and slow charging.

In the actual world, though, this is not enough. The power of Tesla has now shifted from a technological to a production advantage.

Unlike every electric vehicle maker, Tesla has mature factories that run at scale and peak efficiency.

There is no need to worry, in general, about scaling up production to meet demand, provided they are there already.

Meanwhile, EV developers like Lucid need to risk financial ruin to scale up fast enough to meet demand, which could easily sink the firm, just as it almost did Tesla with the Model 3 initial production.

Therefore, for now, Tesla is considered safe, reports say, although a few years from now, it may no longer be surprising if Lucid becomes the leader or No. 1 in EV technology.

A review of the Lucid electric vehicle is shown on Throttle House's YouTube video below:

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