Lucid Dedicated To EV Efficiency Even As It Races To Make Cheaper, High-Volume Models To Trim Losses: CEO Peter Rawlinson
Lucid Dedicated To EV Efficiency Even As It Races To Make Cheaper, High-Volume Models To Trim Losses: CEO Peter Rawlinson
Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:LCID) CEO Peter Rawlinson said on Wednesday that the EV maker has made several breakthroughs recently to enable a car with five miles of range per kWh battery by the end of the year.
Lucid Group Inc（納斯達克股票代碼：LCID）首席執行官彼得·羅林森週三表示，這家電動汽車製造商最近取得了多項突破，力爭到年底實現每千瓦時電池續航里程爲五英里的汽車。
What Happened: The company has made several breakthroughs in research and development recently, Rawlinson said at The Financial Times's Future of the Car summit, while adding that he anticipates having a car with 5 miles per kWh battery by the end of the year.
發生了什麼：羅林森在《金融時報》的 “汽車未來” 峯會上說，該公司最近在研發方面取得了多項突破，同時補充說，他預計到今年年底將有一輛每千瓦時電池行駛5英里的汽車。
Lucid prides itself on the range of its Lucid Air sedan. The luxury sedan has a maximum range of 516 miles on its Grand Touring version which starts at $109,900. In comparison, Tesla's luxury sedan — the Model S — gives a range of 402 miles for a starting price of $72,990.
Lucid 爲其 Lucid Air 轎車系列感到自豪。這款豪華轎車的Grand Touring版本的最大續航里程爲516英里，起價爲109,900美元。相比之下，特斯拉的豪華轎車——Model S——續航里程爲402英里，起價爲72,990美元。
"It's the longest range and fastest charging production car in the US market," Rawlinson said about the Lucid Air during the company's first-quarter earnings call earlier this week. "Lucid Air is the most efficient vehicle in its class as measured in miles per kilowatt hour."
羅林森在本週早些時候的公司第一季度業績電話會議上談到Lucid Air時說：“這是美國市場上續航里程最長、充電速度最快的量產車。”“以英里每千瓦時來衡量，Lucid Air是同類車輛中效率最高的汽車。”
The Lucid Air can travel over 4.5 miles/kWh. Tesla's Model Y SUV all-wheel drive (AWD) version, meanwhile, can only travel 4 miles/kWh, as per the company's 2022 Impact Report. However, there is a significant price disparity between the two vehicles with the Lucid Air Pure version starting at $69,900 and the Model Y AWD starting at just $47,990.
Lucid Air 的飛行速度可超過 4.5 英里/千瓦時。同時，根據特斯拉的2022年影響報告，特斯拉的Model Y SUV全輪驅動（AWD）版本只能行駛4英里/千瓦時。但是，這兩款車之間存在顯著的價格差異，Lucid Air Pure版本的起價爲69,900美元，而Model Y AWD的起價僅爲47,990美元。
Lucid is currently trying to introduce newer vehicles with lower price points as compared to its initial lineup which was more luxury-oriented. The company plans to start production of a high-volume, midsize vehicle expected to start at around $48,000 in late 2026. But even the more affordable vehicles will have long range, Rawlinson said during the company's first-quarter earnings call.
與最初的陣容相比，Lucid目前正在嘗試推出價格更低的新車，後者更注重奢華。該公司計劃在2026年底開始生產大批量的中型汽車，預計起價約爲48,000美元。但是，羅林森在公司第一季度業績電話會議上表示，即使是更實惠的汽車也將具有較長的續航里程。
Lucid's Financials: For the first quarter, Lucid reported a net loss of $680.9 million and a revenue of just $172.7 million. The company accumulated a net loss of over $346,000 for every vehicle it delivered.
Lucid的財務狀況：Lucid公佈的第一季度淨虧損爲6.809億美元，收入僅爲1.727億美元。該公司每交付一輛車累計淨虧損超過346,000美元。
However, as of the end of the first quarter, Lucid had total liquidity of about $5.03 billion, which the company expects will be enough to sustain it through the start of production of the Gravity SUV and into the second quarter of 2025.
但是，截至第一季度末，Lucid的總流動性約爲50.3億美元，該公司預計，這將足以維持其在Gravity SUV投產和2025年第二季度之前的水平。
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Photo via Gage Skidmore on Wikimedia Commons
照片來自維基共享資源上的 Gage Skidmore