The CEO and CTO of Lucid Motors, Peter Rawlinson, was interviewed by former auto engineer Sam Abuelsamid at SXSW. Here is what the two discussed followed by the video embed:
- Why did Peter Rawlinson get into engineering.
- Lessons learned in his automotive career that helped with Lucid.
- How did Atieva / Lucid go from building batteries to building cars?
- Why is efficiency so important with Lucid?
- The space in the Lucid Air.
- Some innovations around battery packing and cooling.
- Will Lucid use different battery cell chemistry and technology to bring cost down?
- Vehicle to grid integration and bi-directional charging.
- He spoke about DreamDrive in the Lucid Air.
- Software defined vehicle and how will the Lucid Air evolve over the years?
- Would you put beta critical software in the Lucid Air?
- Where does Lucid fit into the shared mobility mode?
- Are the supply issues impacting smaller manufacturers harder than larger manufacturers?
- What can you bring in house to develop and manufacturer?
- How is Lucid evolving over the next 5, 10, and 20 years.
- Will Lucid get into other types of vehicles, like air vehicles?
- Will Lucid make sports cars?
- Working with other automakers or partnering with them to improve environment.
- Will Lucid manufacture the battery cells, not just the overall system?
- Will you switch to away from a smaller format for these battery cells?
- Lucid is working on energy storage.
- New revenue streams for Lucid Motors
- Will Lucid let you pay for subscriptions in the car?
- Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is coming, first CarPlay.
- Peter’s most interesting Tesla memory.
- Spoke about how Lucid almost went bankrupt a few times.
- The challenges with getting the investment community behind Lucid
- He spoke about the Gravity SUV and then some interesting statements on pickup trucks