The Germans are shockingly terrible about nickel-and-diming even basic convenience features.
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Motor Trend’s initial review from a few weeks ago, where they drove from LA to SF, supports the 500+ real-world range. Not exactly extreme temperatures but at least we know the EPA rating isn’t grossly inflated.
There is supposed to be an <$80k model coming next year.
https://www.lucidmotors.com/air/configure
Lucid’s isn’t proprietary, they offer 3 years of free charging through Electrify America but you can use any of the charging networks. Tesla creating its own network made a lot of sense at the time but nowadays I think it makes much more business sense to go third-party, and it’s better for the consumer in the…
They’ve shared some of the specifics regarding physical controls and Motor Trend talked about it in their initial review. As I recall, basic functions like volume and fan/temp adjustment (thankfully) have tangible controls.
What are you even talking about? Do you think people are cross-shopping this with a base Corolla? The luxury auto market doesn’t magically expand just because a new model is introduced.
they don’t have a charger infrastructure
More efficient batteries will happen naturally on its own.
It should be noted that Musk mentioned that Tesla is working on vehicles with over 600 miles of range:
Sorry but even self-described weirdos like yourself would probably do just fine with 500 miles range given the routes you described.
One very important consideration here is that you’re not limited to Electrify America chargers, those are just what Lucid gives you for 3 years free. Which is largely a marketing gimmick…
Okay, but your original post seemingly implied you were taking issue with the author’s statement that low 500's miles was enough.
They’re claiming 300 miles of charge in 20 minutes. Granted that is with a proper fast charger, but presumably if you’re out on an all-day roadtrip across several hundred miles there will be a few of those along the way.
Your 866-mile trip almost certainly has some fast chargers along the way. A single 30-minute stop, maybe combined with a meal and restroom break, would be more than enough to juice up the car for the rest of the journey.
Not necessarily. In terms of miles per KWH it is still more efficient than Tesla.
Motor Trend took the car on a trip from LA to SF, a route with plenty of hills, and it would seem that real world usage comes quite close to the EPA estimate.
Let’s be real though, almost nobody is going to go through the effort of touching the wheel every 30-45 seconds when the car bugs them. The more likely scenario is they have a hand on the wheel while the other hand is on their phone or poking around on the infotainment screen.
Hands on wheel doesn’t mean the driver is attentive. The driver could easily have one hand on the wheel and the other hand browsing Instagram.
Polestar 2 would seem to fit your requirements pretty well, though it’s almost approaching CUV territory and the range is less competitive in comparison to Tesla and Lucid.