Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Exactly.

  We don’t need 50K “challengers” to Tesla.

  We need 20K challengers that real peoole might be able to afford.

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can you even buy a new ICE car for $20.000? Last time I was looking for a car a 5 year old Citroen berlingo cost around that. What can you get for 20.000? A basic Toyota yaris? Hybrid yaris costs <30k but I feel like when Americans say they want $20.000 electric car they mean electric SUV with 600km range. Yeah, that’s not happening.

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  • squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    20k and lol like actual cars (sedans). The bubbly, hatchback-like design of most EVs are ugly AF.

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    • Tosti@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Who cares?! Affordable, Safe, Enough range, Enough space, Comfy.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not gonna happen until battery prices come wayyyy down.

    Tesla is the only one that could do it but they won’t. Too much demand.

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    • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are plenty of cars coming out of China at that price point. With decent range figures too.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because China has zero safety or intellectual property regulations.

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    • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      www.teslarati.com/…/amp/

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “working on” a car is not the same thing as selling a car…

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    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not gonna happen until battery prices come wayyyy down.

      One would expect increasing the number of cars sold should drive economies of scale nine manufacturing.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        To an extent, yes. But at this point there’s a production shortage and they can’t even make enough as it is. So it would actually cost MORE money to increase supply.

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  • guacupado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mass market options exist, but everyone laughs at Leafs and Bolts.

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  • arin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cheapest tesla is 50k so target price is right

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    • nave@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Cheapest Tesla is the base Model 3 at 39k.

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      • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Does that have autopilot or FSD?

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hyundai is working on it

    www.teslarati.com/…/amp/

    I am guessing it will be more of a i10 or i20 sized car

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• Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mass market means mass production. Have they proven capable of that yet?

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