Lucid Plans to Produce RHD EVs to Compete with Tesla Model 3 and Model Y

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Lucid aims to develop right-hand-drive electric vehicles (EVs) to rival Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y. The company plans to license its technology for more affordable EVs. The RHD EVs are expected to debut in the second half of next year, expanding Lucid's lineup. However, the engineering priorities and workload may require outsourcing the production of right-hand-drive versions to an external company.

Lucid wants to produce RHD EVs to rival Tesla Model 3, Model Y; to license tech for more affordable EVs, which is scheduled to debut in the second half of next year, thus making Lucid’s competitors to the Model 3 and Model Y the second half of what will be a four-model Lucid line-up. “After Gravity we’re going to do Model 3 and Model Y competitors. We think around US$50,000 (RM225,150), something like that.

It’s too early to say, but that’s the vision,” Rawlinson toldLucid is eager to expand its reach to right-hand-drive markets, “but it’s a matter of engineering priorities. We are slammed; we’ve got to getout this year. The Sapphire is the high-performance, tri-motor version of the Air, and we’ve got to get the Gravity out next year,” Rawlinson continued.Right-hand drive versions of its vehicles may have to be outsourced to an external engineering company to carry out the right-hand-drive model projects for Lucid, even if Rawlinson sounds reluctant to do so. “It breaks my heart, maybe we can outsource right-hand drive project to an engineering company to do it for u

 

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