Financial Times<\/a>, the Lucid interim CEO admitted that the company is climbing an uphill battle. He also discussed Uber\u2019s increasing stake in Lucid, as well as the rid-hailing giant\u2019s order for 20,000 units of the Lucid Gravity, a competitor to the Tesla Model X. The executive highlighted that Lucid\u2019s next stage will hinge on the release of its affordable Model Y fighter as well, which should cost about $50,000.\u00a0<\/p>\nMost interestingly, Winterhoff stated that Lucid is actually seeing a boost in sales from Tesla owners who have been turned off by the company\u2019s aging lineup and Elon Musk\u2019s political activities. \u201cWe have seen an uptick, that\u2019s definitely the case, in Europe and also here in the US,\u201d Winterhoff stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lucid interim CEO specifically pointed to the Model S as an example of Tesla\u2019s aging lineup. As per the executive, the Model S age is one of the reasons why customers are looking for other options, like the Lucid Air. \u201cThe Model S, nothing has changed in 12 years now.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009(customers) are actively looking for other options,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tesla Model S and Model X<\/p>\n
In a way, the Tesla Model S and Model X are indeed long in the tooth, though Winterhoff\u2019s comment about the all-electric sedan not changing for 12 years is inaccurate. The Model S received its Plaid upgrade in 2021, and it was refreshed earlier this year. While the car itself still has a similar body as its first iteration, practically everything under the hood and inside the cabin of the Model S has changed over the years.<\/p>\n
That being said, sales of the Model S and Model X have fallen significantly since their peak. Thus, it would be a good idea for Tesla to put some effort and love into making its flagship sedan and SUV more attractive<\/a> to consumers. For now, Tesla is putting in some effort into the two vehicles, as shown in the \u201cLuxe\u201d package it recently released for the Model S and Model X.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucid Motors\u2019 interim CEO Marc Winterhoff recently shared some of his thoughts on rival EV maker Tesla, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[831,6780,74,27958],"class_list":["post-190694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-featured","tag-fsd","tag-technology","tag-waymo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}