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Lucid’s Financial Struggles, MG4 Extended Range and a New Tesla Tent | 09 Aug 2023

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Welcome to a new Patreon Producer BOB RIEDLINGER ⚡👍
  
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. It’s Wednesday 9th August, Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.

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Lucid Motors' Finances, SUV Announcement, Partnerships, and Future Plans https://evne.ws/47nCe81

Tesla Plans New Permanent Tent at Fremont Factory https://evne.ws/45pXqsp

Extended Range MG4 EV with 323 Miles Range and Enhanced Power https://evne.ws/3qo8Ca2

Volkswagen Narrowly Surpasses Tesla in German EV Sales Race https://evne.ws/3s76pjJ

GM's Ambitious Vehicle-to-Home Bidirectional Charging Plans for Ultium EVs by 2026 https://evne.ws/3s0SBqR

BMW Introduces Customized i5 Electric Sedan for China https://evne.ws/3qrqSPS

UK’s Used EV Sales Hit Record High in Second Quarter https://evne.ws/45pXlF7

Motiv's Argo: A New Medium-Duty EV Truck https://evne.ws/44353Uc

Hyundai and Kia Amp Up Electric Vehicle Plans in India https://evne.ws/3ONckDw

E.On Launches Pilot Project for Dynamic Pricing https://evne.ws/45kvohJ

UK Infrastructure Bank Invests £24m in Cornish Lithium Production https://evne.ws/3KtXKhK

Brisbane's Classic City Cat Ferries Set to Go Electric for 2032 Olympics https://evne.ws/47mWfM2

McMurtry's Electric Fan Car: A Street-Legal Challenge That's Still Viable https://evne.ws/45pXlVD

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on podcast 1889, Lucid's finances wobble, but the products look good.

0:05.2

The MG4 gets an extended range and Tesla's new tents.

0:12.2

Welcome to a new Patreon producer Bob Reedlinger.

0:15.9

Bob Reedlinger, thank you so much for signing up a few days ago now to become a producer of the podcast. I couldn't do this without the very kind patrons, the individuals, the organisations who I own a living that way. And yeah, there's a few ads on the free version of the podcast, but it's nothing compared to the Patreon. And I really appreciate everything and everybody that you do that allows me to do this work to summarize the news every single day.

0:41.0

Hopefully you learn something.

0:42.0

You're entertained by.

0:42.8

It's useful, personally, professionally, whatever.

0:45.2

Thank you so much, Bob, and everybody on Patreon.

0:47.8

PATR EON.com slash EVE News Daily if you'd like to be like him.

0:51.3

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Wherever you are in the world, EV News Daily is your trusted source of EV information

0:56.8

for Wednesday, 9th of August.

0:58.1

My name is Martin Lee,

0:59.2

and I've been through every EV story

1:00.7

in the past 24 hours, so you don't have to.

1:04.2

Lucid Motors, financial results for Q2,

1:06.6

we're below expectations.

1:07.9

Revenue, 151 million, not 176 million expected. A net loss of 764 million,

1:15.2

a big increase from the 404 million a year ago at the same time. And the story there is just that

1:24.5

they're making the vehicles, but not in big enough numbers, they're still losing money.

1:29.0

The gravity is the SUV that will be unveiled in November, but it won't be in production until at least the end of next year.

1:35.9

So for now, they are surviving on the air.

1:38.9

Lucid's liquidity was $6.25 billion.

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