no it doesn’t, yes anyone can buy stock in the company but those buyers are not the US government but PRIVATE individuals. when you talk about a public property or organization that organization is run and managed by a government for the use by the people. I.E. the public. examples include the Post Office and NASA.…

uhh there is no required charging standard for electronic devices. they need to pass FCC testing to insure they don’t interfere with certain radio frequencies but there is no legal requirement for it to be USB just as Apple still uses Lightning.

cause it’s a private business and we have no regulation on device charging? not to mention Tesla’s designs came before CCS caught on and even then generally it’s considered a better design.

“Counterpoint: when did things like this happen with Saturn?”

Having the backing of GM is a major difference. Even if they weren’t directly managing the brand/product launches, having that relationship so that you can reference the experience of the (at the time) biggest automaker in the world is hugely beneficial. They also weren’t really developing anything all that new,…

“But for a vehicle priced at $170,000, the Air, it should feel like a six-figure car.”

You’re joking right? You do not think this is seriously an at all similar situation, do you? Saturn, a quasi-independent wholly owned subsidiary that could lean on the production expertise and experience of one of the oldest car manufacturers out there, as well as their parts bin vs. a company which is launching its…

except that Lucid doesn’t have a GM to back them up.

When was the last time you owned a VW

Reality check: Saturns were economy plastic cars with their most advanced aspect being a radio tuner. Of course they had an easier time. They also didn’t have to fight an uphill battle with the supply chain and a pandemic. 

Saturn could lean on GM’s car knowledge and supply chain.

You act like Saturn was inventing new technology. You also act like cars are not manufactured today that immediately get hundreds of thousands of them recalled. Saturn just used GM bin parts already well known technology, they were not doing anything new in any way except stamping bodies out. What Lucid, Tesla, and…

Ok, I’m gonna have a bad take on this.

Sounds to me like the kind of thing a new company/startup goes through as they try to ramp up production and work through issues.

WTF holy mother of LOL there are actually positive comments on the design of this atrocious monstrosity. This is just horrendous. Proportions, grille, lighting, detailing, panel gaps and partition, every fucking thing. BMWs design studio should be burned to the ground for putting people at risk of seeing one of those…

Is it just me that finds Swarovski crystals to be a reliable hallmark of awful overpriced gaudy tat for idiots?

What in the hell is happening here?

That front is just not working out. And what’s with the flat rear bumper? Reminds me of those ugly GM hybrids. And the fact that the electric version runs on the same platform as the ICE version, you get a giant hump in the middle. Can’t believe I’d say this, but EQS looks miles better. 

Yeah, that’s fuckin ugly.

I thought BMW was supposed to be a leader in the industry… everything here is copying/following someone else.