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      07-10-2017, 10:28 AM   #1
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Lucid Air goes 235 mph without speed limiter

Looks like lucid is really going after tesla with faster acceleration and too speed. This is getting into Bugatti territory with 1000+ HP and 235 mph. Wonder when the p120d is coming out to answer lucid, maybe Elon musk will say it's not in production yet so it doesn't count as we're concentrating on mass producing model 3
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Vaporware. Musk may be worried about the established brands, but Lucid probably costs him zero f's.
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Vaporware. Musk may be worried about the established brands, but Lucid probably costs him zero f's.
They are saying starting price is $52,500 for a 400 horsepower car you can reserve for $2500. The cheapest used tesla is $47500 and new ones are $70k. A little competition will help drive down the price of the ev luxury market. My next car will likely be electric.
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Vaporware. Musk may be worried about the established brands, but Lucid probably costs him zero f's.
They are saying starting price is $52,500 for a 400 horsepower car you can reserve for $2500. The cheapest used tesla is $47500 and new ones are $70k. A little competition will help drive down the price of the ev luxury market. My next car will likely be electric.
The Model 3 is being delivered this month, starting at $35k. So problem solved. Lucid making actual cars sounds like it has about as much of a chance of happening as BMW making another naturally aspirated motor.
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Vaporware. Musk may be worried about the established brands, but Lucid probably costs him zero f's.
They are saying starting price is $52,500 for a 400 horsepower car you can reserve for $2500. The cheapest used tesla is $47500 and new ones are $70k. A little competition will help drive down the price of the ev luxury market. My next car will likely be electric.
The Model 3 is being delivered this month, starting at $35k. So problem solved. Lucid making actual cars sounds like it has about as much of a chance of happening as BMW making another naturally aspirated motor.
BMW needs to get on board with electric 3 series and 5 series in this price range or face extinction.
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Vaporware. Musk may be worried about the established brands, but Lucid probably costs him zero f's.
They are saying starting price is $52,500 for a 400 horsepower car you can reserve for $2500. The cheapest used tesla is $47500 and new ones are $70k. A little competition will help drive down the price of the ev luxury market. My next car will likely be electric.
The Model 3 is being delivered this month, starting at $35k. So problem solved. Lucid making actual cars sounds like it has about as much of a chance of happening as BMW making another naturally aspirated motor.
The model 3 competes in the compact luxury class hence the lower price. Lucid is mid size but has a 7 series sized interior. Not sure about trunk space though.
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Oops, now they don't even have a factory. DOA.
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I think they're still doing better than Faraday Future, but we shall see. Surprised the big auto makers are so slow to go electric.
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I think they're still doing better than Faraday Future, but we shall see. Surprised the big auto makers are so slow to go electric.
EVs haven't proven to be profitable at all. Musk and Tesla would have been gone long ago except for subsidies.
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EVs haven't proven to be profitable at all. Musk and Tesla would have been gone long ago except for subsidies.
The stock holders are giving elon the cash to move forward.
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The stock holders are giving elon the cash to move forward.
Ahh yes them. Tesla loses around $13k on every car they sell, and this is supposed to continue with the model 3. What a business model.
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Ahh yes them. Tesla loses around $13k on every car they sell, and this is supposed to continue with the model 3. What a business model.
I'm not a fan of going EV at this time but it is the future. Amazon was losing money by the truckload but now they're profitable and trading at near $1000 a share.
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I'm not a fan of going EV at this time but it is the future. Amazon was losing money by the truckload but now they're profitable and trading at near $1000 a share.
Perhaps, but please don't let current valuations in this massively overblown stock market enter the equation hah.
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Perhaps, but please don't let current valuations in this massively overblown stock market enter the equation hah.
I'm benefiting from this overblown market, make sure y'all by the next iphone and make me even richer lol.
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I'm benefiting from this overblown market, make sure y'all by the next iphone and make me even richer lol.
It will no doubt continue, be sure to leverage up.
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It will no doubt continue, be sure to leverage up.
Sorry I meant buy, not by. Spell check does some weird things although it could have been a typo.
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I think they're still doing better than Faraday Future, but we shall see. Surprised the big auto makers are so slow to go electric.
Nah, Volvo goes all electric ! maybe its Chinese thing
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Wow. 208 in the standing mile. That's impressive. Oh wait , wrong section
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I think they're still doing better than Faraday Future, but we shall see. Surprised the big auto makers are so slow to go electric.
Faraday just decided not to invest a billion dollars in a new plant outside Las Vegas. They're looking for an existing building to convert.

That probably means actual production is still a long way off.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/busine...-at-apex-site/
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Yeah, my mistake, that was Faraday, not Lucid that scrapped their plans for the Vegas plant. I still hold that both have less of a chance of success than even Fisker did.
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Nah, Volvo goes all electric ! maybe its Chinese thing
You havent read their press statement correctly....
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