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Behold Lucid's Project Gravity SUV: As Efficient As The Air Sedan

Discussion in 'Electric Vehicles' started by TMC Staff, Sep 10, 2020.

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    Lucid took a gamble in not launching the SUV first, opting to go with the Air sedan, but it is the next model planned to be released. Even though the automotive market is currently being fueled by a frenzied demand for high-riding SUVs and crossovers, EV upstart Lucid decided that its first model was a...
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    Overheard at the final design review:

    Chief engineer to design team, "Well, it looks like we didn't meet our headroom requirements."
    Lead design engineer, "No problem, we can fix that."

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    A drag coefficient is still multiplied by the area of the vehicle, and for a big vehicle, it's a larger overall drag. So saying efficiency is the same, sounds like spliting hairs.
     
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    Lucid needs to deliver or they will die off before they know it.
     
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    Some people quote Cd (instead of CdA) for hype/marketing purposes.
     

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