American EV startup Lucid appears to be making an attempt all the pieces it might probably to enhance the supply figures of its luxurious all-electric Air sedan, together with getting into Tesla’s territory (or a minimum of going very near it).
In line with Tesla proprietor and founding father of Tesla Console Ryan Zohoury, a Lucid Air completed in Cosmos Silver and sporting “Check Drive Automobile” decals was parked straight reverse an 8-stall Supercharger station in West Hollywood a few days in the past, with the Lucid car blocking two parking areas and arrange with its doorways, hood, and trunk open.
As per the Twitter submit embedded beneath, the Lucid staff have been making an attempt to get the individuals ready for his or her Teslas to cost to enroll in free check drives with the Air sedan, however as DriveTeslaCanada notes, after forty minutes, no person took up Lucid’s supply.
Furthermore, not one of the Tesla house owners even walked as much as the silver EV to test it out, which suggests it wasn’t a really profitable try at getting individuals to check drive the American luxurious EV.
Admittedly, with a beginning value that’s between $87,400 and a whopping $249,000, possibly the Lucid Air isn’t greatest geared toward Tesla house owners, contemplating the most cost effective new car made by the Fremont-based EV firm is now priced from about $40,000. Even the costliest Tesla autos – the Mannequin S Plaid and Mannequin X Plaid – begin at $107,490, which is lower than half the value of the top-tier Lucid Air.
As for the uncooked numbers, Lucid managed to quadruple deliveries within the first quarter of this yr, but it surely’s price noting that even so, the American EV startup bought simply 1,406 vehicles to clients. Throughout the identical interval, 2,315 Air sedans have been produced, which is 235 p.c greater than a yr in the past.
On the identical time, Tesla registrations amounted to roughly 170,000 within the US, so in the interim a minimum of, the 2 automobile manufacturers are worlds aside when it comes to gross sales figures.
This isn’t the primary time a rival firm has tried to lure Tesla clients to their EV choices. Again in March, a Twitter consumer noticed a Cadillac group making an attempt to get individuals at a Tesla Supercharger in Shanghai to check out the all-electric Lyriq crossover.
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