‘Distracted’ Elon Musk Is Letting Other EV Makers Take Tesla’s Crown

‘Distracted’ Elon Musk Is Letting Other EV Makers Take Tesla’s Crown

Good morning! It’s Friday, August 23, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Tesla Is Losing Its Sales And Technology Lead Tesla is having … Read more

Lucid Gets An Additional $1.5 Billion From Saudis After Losing $790 Million In Q2

Lucid Gets An Additional .5 Billion From Saudis After Losing 0 Million In Q2

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 6, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. It’s Time The Nissan Altima Got Some Respect | Jalopinions 1st Gear: Lucid Gets Another Lifeline Despite Cash … Read more

Updated 2025 Lucid Air Pure Is The Most Efficient Production Car Ever

Updated 2025 Lucid Air Pure Is The Most Efficient Production Car Ever

Image: Lucid The name of the game for Lucid CEO/CTO Peter Rawlinson has always been efficiency. The company claims that its updated Air Pure model will achieve 5 miles of driving for each kilowatt hour of energy onboard (up from 4.1 miles in earlier models), for a record 146 MPGe EPA rating. The brand’s least … Read more

Lucid Air Grand Touring Keeps Best-In-The-U.S. EV Range

Lucid Air Grand Touring Keeps Best-In-The-U.S. EV Range

Photo: Lucid The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is getting some important updates that’ll take its world-beating 516 miles of range in 2023 to… 516 miles of range. I know that sounds wrong, but it’s actually correct: See, Lucid says the EPA made its electric range test more challenging for 2024, but thanks to a … Read more

Lucid And Rivian Are Gearing Up For A Miserable 2024

Lucid And Rivian Are Gearing Up For A Miserable 2024

Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Rivian Recalls Nearly Every Car It Has Built 1st Gear: Rivian, Lucid 2024 Production Falls On Weakening Demand … Read more

Lucid Aims To Debut $50k Competitors For Tesla Model 3, Model Y

Lucid Aims To Debut k Competitors For Tesla Model 3, Model Y

Last month American startup Lucid debuted the Gravity, its first entry in the hotly contested three-row SUV segment and an important model for the brand that currently only builds the Air luxury sedan. Speaking with Autocar in a new interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson says the company’s next focus is on two mainstream models that will … Read more