Replace: Paragraph 2 eliminated “dispelled”; Paragraph 3 replace to assist Rawlinson’s previous capability at Tesla.
Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson’s entire shtick of undermining Tesla and claiming his firm is forward is continuous.
Rawlinson and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have a long-standing rivalry that dates again to the times when Rawlinson was an Engineer through the improvement of the Mannequin S. He claims he was “Chief Engineer” and mentioned he designed the automobile, whereas Musk has challenged this, even to me straight.
Rawlinson didn’t design Mannequin S. Prototype was carried out earlier than he joined & he left us within the lurch simply as issues acquired robust, which was not cool. He did make some contributions to physique/chassis engineering, however to not powertrain, battery, electronics or software program.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 9, 2020
Nevertheless, Tesla has mentioned in promotional movies for Mannequin S and SEC filings that Rawlinson was Chief Engineer, which contradicts what Musk claims:
Tesla Car Engineering – Half 2 from Tesla on Vimeo.
It’s no secret that Rawlinson and Musk actually have some form of bizarre pressure. Nevertheless, Rawlinson continues to solid stones at Tesla as an entire, and takes practically each alternative to assert that Lucid has surpassed the unequivocal chief within the U.S. EV market.
Yahoo Finance’s Pras Subramanian talked to the CEO, and Rawlinson mentioned Tesla appears “distracted” and claims Lucid has “taken the mantle” from them because the chief in EVs:
“Clearly, we’ve got the perfect expertise on the earth. We’ve now taken the mantle from Tesla. Now we have the perfect tech, and that has been well known…We’ve taken the mantle definitely. I imply, everyone seems to be striving for “how far are you able to go along with how little battery area?” We’re significantly forward of the place Tesla is. We’ve taken that mantle. Once I was at Tesla, Tesla was the tech chief. They’ve grow to be distracted, and we’ve got taken that place.”
There is no such thing as a doubt Lucid has been capable of supply extra vary than Tesla, particularly because the Air sedan has achieved the feat of being the primary EV to be EPA-rated at over 500 miles on a cost.
Lucid CEO expects Tesla to match Lucid Air’s current effectivity in 2032
Nevertheless, driving distance shouldn’t be what sells EVs. If it have been, Lucid can be out in entrance, however it’s not. It’s about high quality, value, affordability, software program, and infrastructure. Tesla can supply EVs at a lot decrease costs than Lucid at present can, and it additionally has the biggest buildout of chargers of any firm on the earth.
Moreover, in software program, Tesla has been capable of set up dominance over quite a lot of opponents.
Lucid makes a great-looking automobile with numerous vary and nice efficiency specs, however as an organization, it’s nonetheless working by the early rising pains of EV manufacturing.
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