【Smart Car Pie News】Recently, due to the rising price of raw materials, various electric vehicle manufacturers are facing huge cost pressure, including Tesla, Rivian BYD, etc., many new energy vehicle companies have announced an increase in the price of their models. Recently, Peter Rawlinson, CEO of U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid, said that due to the huge inflationary pressure the company faces, the company is considering raising the price of its models, but promised that users who have booked will not be affected.
LucidAir
Peter Rawlinson told the media at the recent SXSW (South by Southwest) music festival that Lucid's price increase is inevitable due to the recent soaring raw material prices, and the company will have to consider raising the starting price of new cars in the future. The CEO added: "It would be foolish to think that we will never raise prices. "Given the backlash Rivian faced after announcing that the price increase applies to existing order customers, Lucid will not raise the price for customers who have already booked, and it would be wise for existing order customers to maintain the original price."
Lucid Project Gravity
For future models, Peter Rollinson mentioned the under-rated versions of the Project Gravity SUV and Lucid Air sedan, which may include three different configurations: Pure, Touring and Grand Touring. At present, the company has only manufactured and delivered one model of the LucidAir Dream Edition, which starts at $169,000 (about 1,072,400 yuan).