So, I'm approaching a stop light, and in the lane to my right, I see the rear end of a car I'd never seen before. I'm not particularly a 'car guy,' but I've always taken notice of styling, architecture, etc. Sometimes, I find myself all, "daaaang- that sure looks nice. I'd have never thought of that treatment." Sometimes, it's "what group of idiots thought this look was a good idea? I mean- a whole food chain of folks, any one of whom could have said- 'uh, guys- maybe we should put in more time...' "
This azz looked beautiful. Sleek, contoured, sculpted... like a quality, high-end brazilian butt lift. I looked for a badge. Couldn't see one. But I did see the tail light treatment- a 3-inch light bar that ran the virtual width of the rear end. Then, I pulled farther up into my lane while it was stopped. Damn, this car was sleek. As I rolled to my stop, I was checking it out through the passenger windows of my entirely pedestrian SUV. It was like black liquid flowing backward. Craned my neck, and couldn't see a badge of any sort. Another sleek light bar-type treatment for the front illumination. No grille.
We were in parallel left-turn lanes, so when the light changed, I slow-walked my turn to get a second look. It poured past me, and I saw that tail light treatment again. Of course, the brake lights were gone, but the entire panel still glowed a subtle but noticeable red. I looked closer, and saw a name, silhouetted in front of that red glow: LUCID.
When I got home, I did a quick search, and found stuff about a car brand I'd never heard of until 5 hours ago.
This is the car I saw. It gets >500 miles of use from a single charge.
Car guys: what's the inside talk about this brand? I'm mildly curious, but too lazy to join msg boards, and do research. I'd much rather get the skinny from folk I know.
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Also: if some of you Dawgs remember, back in ~2009/10, I authored a thread about the then brand-new Tesla Roadster. That thread was one of the first at DT to ever talk about EV's (I'm kinda proud of that fact). How different is our conversation about EV's now, almost 1.5 decades hence?
Time.
Perspective.
