“Could we get to six miles per kilowatt-hour with a fast-charging infrastructure, with overnight charging? The electric car of the future only needs 250 miles. We don’t need 500-mile cars in the future, 10 years from now,” added the CEO.
Rawlinson explained that if the company could achieve six miles per kWh, one would only need a 25 kWh battery pack to achieve 150 miles of range. This would cost approximately $4,000 to produce. “That’s what we need to make a $25,000 car and that’s what the environment and the world needs urgently to get masses into electric cars. You need the $25,000 car.”
However, don’t expect Lucid to take the plunge and produce an affordable EV. “No. It’s a horrible thing to be making.” Lucid could provide components for that vehicle, though. But Rawlinson doesn’t want to get carried away.
“It’s really important not to get ahead of ourselves here. For now, we’ve got the to-die-for partner in Aston Martin. Holy crap – it’s wonderful, isn’t it?”