Lucid CEO Throws Down The Gauntlet With $48K EV Plan To Take On Tesla's Dominance: 'Wait Until Our Midsize Comes Out In Late 2026'
Lucid CEO Throws Down The Gauntlet With $48K EV Plan To Take On Tesla's Dominance: 'Wait Until Our Midsize Comes Out In Late 2026'
California-based EV maker Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) is looking to expand its total addressable market with a range of offerings at lower price points than its initial Air sedan versions and closer to rivaling Tesla models.
總部位於加利福尼亞的電動汽車製造商Lucid Group（納斯達克股票代碼：LCID）正在尋求擴大其總體潛在市場，提供一系列價格低於其最初的Air轎車版本，更接近於與特斯拉車型競爭的產品。
What Happened: Lucid started production of its Air Pure in September with a starting price of $69,900. This is a lower price point than the other versions of the Air Sedan. The Lucid Air Grand Touring, for instance, starts at $109,900, while its Sapphire version starts at $249,000.
發生了什麼：Lucid於9月開始生產Air Pure，起價爲69,900美元。這比其他版本的Air Sedan的價格要低。例如，Lucid Air Grand Touring的起價爲109,900美元，而其藍寶石版本的起價爲24.9萬美元。
The company also plans to start production of its Gravity SUV later this year. Gravity was unveiled in November and is expected to start under $80,000, a price point closer to Tesla's premium Model X SUV. The Gravity, company CEO Peter Rawlinson said, is on track to become the "world's best SUV."
該公司還計劃在今年晚些時候開始生產其Gravity SUV。Gravity於11月推出，預計起價將低於8萬美元，接近特斯拉的高端Model X SUV。該公司首席執行官彼得·羅林森說，Gravity有望成爲 “世界上最好的SUV”。
Following the start of production of Gravity, the company also plans to start production of its high volume, midsize vehicle in late 2026, which is expected to start at around $48,000, Rawlinson said on Monday. The price point of $48,000 will put the vehicle in direct competition with the more premium versions of Tesla's mass-market offerings Model 3 and Model Y.
羅林森週一表示，繼Gravity開始生產之後，該公司還計劃在2026年底開始生產其大批量中型車，預計起價約爲48,000美元。48,000美元的價格點將使該車與特斯拉大衆市場產品的Model 3和Model Y的更高級版本直接競爭。
Competing With Tesla: Lucid is already making affordable cars to compete with Tesla in the form of its Air Pure version, Rawlinson said in response to a question at the company's first-quarter earnings call. "But wait until our midsize comes out in late 2026. That's when we'll have a car at $48,000, and that is the big one, the one that's going to be really exciting," he said.
與特斯拉競爭：羅林森在第一季度業績電話會議上回答問題時表示，Lucid已經在生產價格合理的汽車，以Air Pure版本與特斯拉競爭。“但是等到我們的中型車在2026年底問世。那時我們將有一輛售價爲48,000美元的汽車，那是最大的汽車，一定會非常令人興奮，” 他說。
He also noted that the Gravity SUV has a "significant opportunity" that the Model X did not capture. While the Model X is a bit car-like, the Gravity is a proper three-row SUV, he said.
他還指出，Gravity SUV有Model X沒有抓住的 “重大機會”。他說，雖然Model X有點像汽車，但Gravity是一款不錯的三排SUV。
While Lucid's first-quarter deliveries jumped nearly 40% from a year earlier to 1,967 vehicles, Tesla Model S sales dipped "very very considerably," the CEO added. The Tesla Model S, like the Lucid Air, is a premium electric sedan.
首席執行官補充說，儘管Lucid第一季度的交付量比去年同期增長了近40％，至1,967輛，但特斯拉Model S的銷量 “大幅下降”。與Lucid Air一樣，特斯拉Model S是一款優質的電動轎車。
According to data from automotive research company Kelley Blue Book, Model S sales dropped 13.3% to 4,206 units in the U.S. in the first quarter. However, the numbers are still higher than Lucid Air's delivery numbers.
根據汽車研究公司凱利藍皮書的數據，美國第一季度Model S的銷量下降了13.3％，至4,206輛。但是，這些數字仍然高於Lucid Air的交付量。
Lucid's Financials: For the first quarter, Lucid reported a net loss of $680.9 million and a revenue of just $172.7 million. The company accumulated a net loss of over $346,000 for every vehicle it delivered.
Lucid的財務狀況：Lucid公佈的第一季度淨虧損爲6.809億美元，收入僅爲1.727億美元。該公司每交付一輛車累計淨虧損超過346,000美元。
However, as of the end of the first quarter, Lucid had total liquidity of about $5.03 billion, which the company expects will be enough to sustain it through the start of production of the Gravity SUV and into the second quarter of 2025.
但是，截至第一季度末，Lucid的總流動性約爲50.3億美元，該公司預計，這將足以維持其在Gravity SUV投產和2025年第二季度之前的水平。
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