Agreed about the well engineered, highly efficient, and comfortable nature of Lucid's. But what really did the Lucid brand in is the terrible buggy software.
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Kinda looks like a glorified Moke. Which are already EVs and are Small.
Hyundai battery factory.
electrek.co
Hyundai opens $5 billion battery plant as it pushes to become America's #2 EV brand
Hyundai opened the doors to its latest EV battery plant, a $5 billion joint facility with SK On. Hyundai opens...
electrek.co
I thought I keep reading the U.S. is forcing Volvo out of US sales due to Chinese ownership?
Okay I posted about this Chip vehicle a bit ago. Here’s the website and they have a 90 second or so ad for the thing on the landing page. I feel like I’m watching a budget Pixar movie or something. Ha! It talks!
chipmotors.com
Chip, the Life Utility Vehicle
Chip makes life bigger and lighter. Talks. Parks himself. More customizable than your coffee. Reserve for $250.
I think it was a combination of high price and but software. The current state of the software seems to be a lot better, but it might be too late. If they do hold a fire sale, I would absolutely consider one.
Hyundai midsize pickup 2030.
www.motortrend.com
2030 Hyundai Midsize Pickup Truck: Taking on Tacoma
The truck will be the first of a planned family of body-on-frame vehicles from Hyundai. Look for it in 2029 or 2030.
Hyundai midsize pickup 2030.
2030 Hyundai Midsize Pickup Truck: Taking on Tacoma
The truck will be the first of a planned family of body-on-frame vehicles from Hyundai. Look for it in 2029 or 2030.
With manufacturers pivoting away from China, they're looking for the next biggest cash cow, and they quickly see the US truck market. They'd be stupid not to jump on that train.
That was my thought also. Further down the article, Moke is mentioned, and then the author explains the difference here is a teleoperator service, basically a remote person takes over driving the vehicle after the passengers get out and takes it to park somewhere else. They give the example of the beach, which I understand because that is where I live. Even more practical would be a ball game, where you drive to near the front gate, get out of the car and hand over keys to a teleoperator who drives is to a remote low cost parking lot. Same idea for airport drop offs. Can they do this at an acceptable price, I doubt it, but I can understand the appeal of the idea.
Also, they are hoping to get to level 4 ADAS without Lidar (fat chance of that) and to do so are focusing only on low speed operation, which makes things like airport dropoffs in the US unlikely, considering every airport trip I can recall has involved either some connection on a highway, or the airport is already well served by trains, trolleys, etc.
Just in case people have not already seen this article from last November: https://spectrum.ieee.org/hyundai-metaplantHyundai battery factory.
Hyundai opens $5 billion battery plant as it pushes to become America's #2 EV brand
Hyundai opened the doors to its latest EV battery plant, a $5 billion joint facility with SK On. Hyundai opens...
And this related article from October about why the battery plant was delayed: https://spectrum.ieee.org/hyundai-plant-georgia
On the article cyure posted, Hyundai must have snapped a photo of my 2026 Ioniq 5 in front of a red building I've never seen before they shipped the car to me, because that is the car I am driving now. On another forum, someone has pointed out that the "conquest rate" the fraction of Hyundai buyers who had not bought a Hyundai before is really the key indicator of the future in this article.
Idk I think they had a good target clientele because of the success early on of Model S and X. With those models aging out, Lucid arrived on the scene to offer a brand new high end luxury option. Of course if you go after previous Tesla owners and you don't have really good working software you're going to lose them quick.
However, if it is true the software is a lot better I haven't heard anything about it, so before that fire sale I think they need to send some cars to some youtubers and get them hyped back up. Then hold a fire sale and revitalize the brand...hopefully!
Good point. I saw EV news so assumed the EV division
This could be a bad sign if VW is chasing high margin sales at the expensive of budget priced compelling vehicles. Car companies seem to survive on the "luxury" market for a while, but ultimately, success comes from making a globally competitive platform that regular people can afford. And I say that as someone who is probably not "regular people".
That's the direction Porsche is going---expensive variants and limited editions. I wouldn't be surprised if VW kills SEAT. GM has $30k vehicles across several brands and is looking at affordable sedans. Ford's going to have their their $30k EV.
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