![]() ![]() Since the Chevy Bolt now has 240 miles of stated EV Range which can be refilled every night in your driveway. 400 miles of range is exceptional and perfect for a high priced electric car as the market can accept it. Well, again EVs will beat the range of Hydrogen at this point, however, I’m not comfortable with the idea of fast charging an EV battery pack in 3 Minutes to give you 300 miles. Toyota has been staking a claim that the Mirai(Hydrogen car from Toyota) can go 300 miles and fill up in 3 minutes. So far, the retrofitted Tesla Roadster can go that far on a charge. The re are a couple of statements in there that need to be unpacked. Additionally, a unique battery chemistry provides breakthrough tolerance to repeated fast-charging.” Our battery is capable of 1,000 horsepower and enabling up to 400 miles of range. They state: “Nearly ten years of battery pack development have led to best-in-class energy density. Their website also explains why in my view, electrification is the future rather than hydrogen in conventional everyday driver situations. How is it more reliable? What efficiencies are there in the drivetrain in terms of kw/mile efficiency? I’m curious as to what this will be and whether or not they can truly innovate to achieve a greater kw/mile number. Potentially more reliable? I’m interested in this. Entirely developed in-house, the resulting solution is smaller, more efficient and more power-dense than competitors, while potentially more reliable. ![]() Will this happen to Lucid? The capital needed to start a car company is significant and delays maybe tough to overcome.Īccording to the Lucid Air website “Taking a unique approach to the drivetrain, the Lucid motor and transmission have been designed as a truly integrated system. I recall Tesla went down this road with the Roadster and struggled with this and it cost them valuable time to market. Tesla was noticeably absent from the NY International Auto Show.Īccording the Lucid they are working on the drivetrain entirely in house. Tesla is having their unveiling of their all electric truck by September. The issue I see is that the automotive market is changing extremely fast. We won’t see the car until 2019 and they are improving the car everyday with their prototypes. The Lucid is targeting performance and their marketing director told me they are working on Active Suspension which should give the car exceptional ride and handling capabilities. The Volvo representative I spoke with also confirmed to me that the SUV market is outpacing the Sedan market so why bring in a Me Too competitive entry into the same space? I personally know people that have traded in their Model S for a Model X. Whether you like the Model X or not, the Tesla has had some cannibalized some of its own business. I believe strongly that is why Tesla has chosen to try and enter this market with the Model X. While driving to work every single day on the very crowded Route 80 in Northern New Jersey everyday, I truly believe the sedan market isn’t as large as the SUV market. Its going to be targeted to the extremely high priced consumer and there are many, many choices in the high-end car segment. My first impressions of the car is pretty simple.
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