Re:Lucid recalls all of its 2022 Air EVs
by user_7832 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:10PM
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Slightly tangential to the recall itself, but why would someone build a car company from scratch? It sounds like quite an arduous thing due to how complex cars are, and how heavy regulations and testing is. I would think collaborating with existing companies may be much easier (asking partly as someone curious why Lucid went that way, but also as someone who wants to start their own auto co in the future.)
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Re:Lucid recalls all of its 2022 Air EVs
by uninformed on Friday May 27, 2022 @10:14AM
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From what I understand, the very end goal is not to make money off of the hardware but the services that the hardware will provide. Existing OEMs are not easy to work with, especially if you're trying to get them to install your app in their car. I like to think of it like the smart phone hardware/software revolution that happened after the first iPhone came out. Tesla is like Apple and I hope Lucid will become like Android. The pre-EV era OEMs are like Nokia, Blackberry, etc...