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I mostly agree with you, except there is a pretty limited number of pastry lovers who can fork over $80-120k for a slice.
There are at least 7 million households in the U.S. with investable assets over $1 million
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For me, I would not look at this to replace the R1S but would take a serious look to replace our Model S, especially if you can realistically get over 350 miles on the road.
Yes, I feel the same. I'm still on the preorder list for R1S, but I'm very intrigued by the long range of the Gravity, as well as how they accomplished this with a battery nearly half the size (and therefore much quicker to charge). We have a cabin 2h up into the mountains from our primary home, so I would see the R1S being more utilitarian, and the Gravity being more comfort and road-trippy. That said, I've spent all of 25min in a rather lame demo drive of the R1S, and zero time even looking at a Gravity in person, so pretty hard to apply any real world knowledge here.

I wonder how bare bones the Pure model will be. My guess is that all other trim packages will be substantially more. The Lucid Air Saffire starts at $250,500...not bad for a daily driver :rolleyes:

Overall I'm glad to see more options for the EV SUV space as I think competition will push them all to keep refining and improving, not to mention putting heavy pressure on continuing to aggressively build out the charging network.
 

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Except for off road ability, this will be a serious competitor to the R1S
Along with most other generic CUV/puedo SUV/minivans on or entering the market, the R1S shouldn't take too much of a hit.
am getting Honda Odyssey vibes,
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Doesn't almost every car kinda look the same these days? The odyssey is a very practical & decent looking vehicle.
the R1S could take a big hit.
Doubt it, this is not direct competition or even the market RJ was targeting.
Funny how this lucid makes the Escalade look like it has an incredibly unnecessarily long hood.
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The Escalade does have ridiculously long hood, completely unnecessary for an EV.
Can’t unsee that.
Looks better than the Volvo & Escalade pictured, could do much worse compared to some of the offerings these days.
The Volvo EM 90 is going to be a serious contenter for this audience

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That is not the best looking minivan.
 
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I've driven the Lucid Air a few times. The software is a bit clunky, the interior was very nice, there was some creaking and rattling which would have bothered me if I was the owner. Acceleration and overall road feel was luxury car level. It's clear they have not invested as heavily in the software as Rivian / Tesla so it's good that it offers CarPlay.

I have never been a fan of the looks, but I know a lot of people that think it looks very nice. I think the SUV is a better concept and will sell loads better at any price compared to the sedan. They should invest heavily at getting this to market as soon as possible.
What?????? They offer Apple Carplay? I am sold....
 

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There are at least 7 million households in the U.S. with investable assets over $1 million
I would be really confident in saying that the reason why most of these households that have over $1 mill in investable assets is because they don‘t spend $120k on a car. Just from anecdotal observation, a significant portion of $120k+ car drivers have literally nothing in the bank and make about $150-$200k a year
 
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I would be really confident in saying that the reason why most of these households that have over $1 mill in investable assets is because they don‘t spend $120k on a car. Just from anecdotal observation, a significant portion of $120k+ car drivers have literally nothing in the bank and make about $150-$200k a year
I would be really confident in that it’s not the case.
 

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Exactly. All I see is a minivan too, and for me the words 'nice looking' and 'minivan', don't belong in the same sentence !! Still, it sounds like plenty here like the look, so each to their own.
No car maker was ablel to produce a car that has 'nice looking' + 'minivan' but this Gravity might just pull it off and if they do it will be a hugh success.
 

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The $80k version will most likely be a single motor (like the sedan air), 5 seater variant. Not sure how big battery will be.
We already know the answer to this if you look at the air's two different batteries. They won't make 3 or 4 if the form factor can already fit the two they have.
 

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I would be really confident in that it’s not the case.
I think $1M in assets includes assets you don't want to sell to pay for a car, like a house and investment accounts that are needed for retirement one day. I know people with assets of more than $1M who have never spent $100k on a car. Would they? Maybe, but likely not. They just don't see the value in spending that much.
 

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Getting Toyota Sienna vibes…
I struggle with the Lucid Vehicles in general. I think from the B- Pillar forward, they are great. Somewhere before the C-Pillar, it loses it for me. In this image, it looks like they said, oh crap, the third row does not fit. Lets add another foot to the back. I wanted to like it before I saw the images. many say the AIr looks better in person. I disagree as every one that I have seen looks the same, so not sure how this one will do. FWIW, I don't care for the cyber truck either. I am sure there are many people out there that love it. So, good luck.
 

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I agree. The $80k version will be 320 miles of range. EPA. Whoop tee do.

Maybe they will shock us all, but I expect the 440 mile range version will be $120k.
Here's the deal. If it can charge at 350 kW on the Gen 4 Supercharger, then 320 miles of range is not bad.
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