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 in the course of the growth of the Mannequin S. He claims he was “Chief Engineer” and mentioned he designed the car, whereas Musk has challenged this, even to me immediately.
Rawlinson didn’t design Mannequin S. Prototype was accomplished earlier than he joined & he left us within the lurch simply as issues received powerful, 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
Nonetheless, 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 type of bizarre stress. Nonetheless, 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 now have the most effective know-how on this planet. We’ve now taken the mantle from Tesla. We’ve the most effective tech, and that has been widely known…We’ve taken the mantle for sure. I imply, everyone seems to be striving for “how far are you able to go together with how little battery house?” We’re significantly forward of the place Tesla is. We’ve taken that mantle. After I was at Tesla, Tesla was the tech chief. They’ve turn into distracted, and we now have taken that place.”
There isn’t a doubt Lucid has been in a position to 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
Nonetheless, driving distance isn’t what sells EVs. If it have been, Lucid can be out in entrance, however it’s not. It’s about high quality, worth, affordability, software program, and infrastructure. Tesla can supply EVs at a lot decrease costs than Lucid at the moment can, and it additionally has the most important buildout of chargers of any firm on this planet.
Moreover, in software program, Tesla has been in a position to set up dominance over a wide range of opponents.
Lucid makes a great-looking car with lots of vary and nice efficiency specs, however as an organization, it’s nonetheless working by way of the early rising pains of EV manufacturing.
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