You think the vehicle pictured above would be a hit in the North American market? I have roll-aboard luggage with larger diameter wheels than this. 

The Bolt, Leaf, Kona, Ioniq, Soul EV, and i3 don’t do it for you?

My problem with Bollinger isn’t the looks... it’s the price (starting at $125,000). 

That's the appeal tho.

They literally don’t have a factory yet and their car is supposed to come out in 2 years. Think about how rough it was for Tesla and that was after they bought that GM/Yota plant and had years of building Roadsters under their belt. Building a prototype is one thing, large scale production and post sales support is…

Aaand Elon ripostes. Of course it’s 69,420.

Oh, that is nice. I admit, I like the overhang in a normal dashboard because it stops dust from accumulating and also prevents glare, but this is very nice.

This is what they showed a few weeks ago and it looks production ready.

Chevy will sell you a Bolt in the next 30 minutes if you ask.

I hope that Lucid succeeds, but they are still deep into “I will believe it when I see it” territory for me. New car companies seldom make it into large-scale production. Tesla has done it, now we will see if Lucid can.

Pretty much a marketing term to appeal to them vegans... End of the day it just means synthetic leather (ie: pleather / vinyl).

I’ve heard that whale penis makes an excellent seat cover material.

The $72k Tesla comes with AWD and you can get it now.

Also, service isn’t a strength of Tesla’s, but they have a service center in every major city and a lot of more minor ones (Corpus Christi, Tulsa, Spokane). I hope Lucid can do it, but they have a lot to ramp up quickly.

They are competing not only with Tesla’s cars, but with Tesla’s brand equity. As a car company, Tesla is still David, but as an electric car company, Tesla is Goliath.

Vegan? Is that some millennial euphemism for vinyl interior? And I only want a meat-based interior. Bacon wrapped steering wheel and a nice veal covered seats.

I really want Lucid to succeed. They seem to have a great team and structure in place, and Tesla needs a direct luxury EV competitor and the Air looks promising. Too early to tell until anyone drives a production version. Although from a business POV, I can’t quite fathom why their first model wasn’t an SUV over a…

“Every model comes included with a three-year subscription for the Electrify America charging network, with some fast-chargers now claimed to be capable of replenishing the Lucid’s battery at a rate of up to 300 miles in 20 minutes.”

Electric cars here are also not cost competitive. The electric Opel Corsa has a list price 13k higher than the IC one. That means most Corsa buyers can buy a gas one and drive 10 years at 2019 fuel prices, before the electric car catches up on total cost. The Renault Zoe and the Honda E are similarly expensive.

I don’t think it shows that regulation works, I think it shows that the EUs needs are different than the US’s. Small, compact, low-range cars work in the EU largely because of their population density. The US is very spread out. The small battery packs needed for the EU allow them to be cost competitive with…