Taking a step back to why the Air flagship is first up, Rawlinson is ready with a rebuttal: вЂњI hear all these cries for вЂWell, itвЂ™s another rich manвЂ™s car,вЂ™ but the pragmatist in me knew that we had to do this first step.вЂќ

A $25,000 EV is something Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced last year, due in 2023 on notoriously optimistic timelines, so perhaps such projects might be future rivals. вЂњSix miles per kilowatt hour, 150 mile range, in a 25 kilowatt hour pack,вЂќ he summed decisively. (Push back here: who wanted that when it was called a Leaf?) That's far more than the Tesla Model S, and bested only by the base Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which Tesla says is at 5.1 miles/kwh in its latest Impact Report.ДЇar down the line from the stunning Air sedan, which debuts in $169,000 Dream Edition form, Rawlinson sees a mass-market, $25,000 EV with a 150-mile EPA range from a 25-kwh battery pack as something its business plan might potentially lead to late in the decade-if the charging infrastructure is robust and more people can charge overnight. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson - Arizona plant commissioningД®fficiency is the single most relevant metric related to EVs and how they succeed, and it defines the prowess of an EV company, according to Rawlinson, who at a speech at the plant last month, with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, focused in on how Lucid had accomplished more than 4.6 miles per kilowatt-hour in a production model.

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