bs hate towards pickup trucks. As a whole its not likely we know all the uses someone we see during a commute or just running errands a driver has of the vehicle. To be frank, why should a s
People love to inveigh against other people’s choices, as though you’re infringing on their rights by buying something that works for your lifestyle. Lucid missed the mark by not coming up with a sufficiently unique product offering, now perhaps it’s trying to remedy that. That’s how capitalism works. If people want to spend money on it, someone will probably produce it.
Having said that, I think Lucid really screwed the pooch by focusing solely on range and luxury as a selling attribute. There’s likely a huge market for electrification of commercial fleet vehicles, like trucks and vans, but the Lucid brand wouldn’t translate well into that market. They would need to partner with an existing manufacturer to make entry into that market. Perhaps purchasing rolling stock from China and electrifying it would be the way to go.
For most applications yes. But there is still a demographic that wants vehicles that satisfy 100% of use cases, not 95%. I have two EVs and an Expedition. I can’t began to tell you how often I hear about limited towing range from people that tow short distances once or or twice per year. You would think they’re excited about the Ram w/ range extender. But then they bitch about the 3.6L generator and price, even though the price hasn’t been announced.