Popular tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, on Friday, released a new video reviewing Lucid Motors' (NASDAQ:LCID) Sapphire variant of its flagship Air sedan and he simply sees no downsides to the car.
What Happened: "If you made me daily drive any EV in the world right now and it couldn't be a Tesla, it would be this," Brownlee said. "It would have to be this, it's just way too good at driving to not pick it." The YouTuber, however, noted that he would personally prefer to wrap it in matte black on top of the car's original Sapphire blue paint.
Drawing a parallel between Lucid's high-end sedan starting at $249,000 and Tesla's Model S Plaid, Brownlee noted that the Lucid is faster in a straight line despite its heavy body which weighs over 5000 lbs. "This car defies physics in a totally honest way," Brownlee said. "It's a rocket ship in a straight line."
As per Brownlee, the Sapphire is one of the best sedans ever made, across fuel types, with top-of-the-class driving dynamics, steering, storage and build quality.
Why It Matters: The Tesla Model S Plaid starts at $87,990 and the Sapphire at nearly three times the price of the Plaid.
However, the Sapphire offers an estimated range of 427 miles, and a maximum power of 1234 hp, as compared to the Plaid's 359 miles range and 1020 hp. The Sapphire can also get from 0 to 60 mph in 1.89 seconds, making it faster in acceleration than the Plaid which takes 1.99 seconds.
In a recent media interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson said that Tesla currently "seems to be distracted" unlike from a decade before, leaving it to Lucid to advance EV technology.
"What I'm seeing now is a worrying trend towards a sort of distraction. Tesla seems to be distracted, there's an interest in social media, even politics, and it's kind of losing its way. I don't see it having that singular sense of purpose, and I think it really falls to Lucid to take the technology to a whole new level now," the CEO said.
Lucid, however, is yet to make a profit, reporting a net loss of over $346,000 for every vehicle it delivered in the first quarter of 2024.
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知名科技公司YouTuber馬克斯·布朗利（又名MKBHD）週五發佈了一段新視頻，回顧了Lucid Motors（納斯達克股票代碼：LCID）旗艦Air轎車的藍寶石變體，他根本認爲該車沒有缺點。
發生了什麼：“如果你讓我現在每天開世界上任何一輛電動汽車，但它不可能是特斯拉，那就是這樣，” 布朗利說。“一定是這樣，它太擅長開車了，不能不開車。”但是，這位YouTuber指出，他個人更願意在汽車原有的藍寶石藍色油漆上用磨砂黑色包裹。
布朗利將Lucid的高端轎車起價爲24.9萬美元與特斯拉的Model S Plaid相提並論，他指出，儘管車身沉重，重量超過5000磅，但Lucid的直線行駛速度還是更快的。“說實話，這輛車違背了物理學，” 布朗利說。“這是一艘直線上的火箭飛船。”
根據Brownlee的說法，Sapphire是有史以來最好的轎車之一，無論是燃料類型，還具有一流的駕駛動態、轉向、存儲和製造質量。
爲何重要：特斯拉Model S Plaid的起價爲87,990美元，藍寶石的起價幾乎是Plaid的三倍。
但是，藍寶石的續航里程估計爲427英里，最大功率爲1234馬力，而Plaid的續航里程爲359英里，馬力爲1020馬力。藍寶石還可以在1.89秒內從0英里/小時加速到60英里/小時，這使其加速速度比花費1.99秒的格子花更快。
在最近的一次媒體採訪中，Lucid首席執行官彼得·羅林森表示，與十年前不同，特斯拉目前 “似乎被分散了注意力”，讓Lucid來推進電動汽車技術。
“我現在看到的是一種令人擔憂的分散注意力的趨勢。特斯拉似乎被分散了注意力，人們對社交媒體甚至政治感興趣，而且它正在迷失方向。我認爲它沒有那種單一的目標感，我認爲現在確實有責任將這項技術提升到一個全新的水平，” 首席執行官說。
但是，Lucid尚未盈利，報告稱，其在2024年第一季度交付的每輛汽車的淨虧損超過34.6萬美元。
