plaid plus due out with over NUMBER_TOKEN miles but then elon said this in his statement to electric after the plat plus version got cancelled he said what we are seeing is that once you have a range over NUMBER_TOKEN miles more range doesn't really matter there are essentially zero trips above NUMBER_TOKEN miles where the driver doesn't need to stop for restroom food coffee etc anyway oh is that what we're seeing didn't see it at the battery day when you were flaunting the NUMBER_TOKEN mile number or really any time before that i mean everyone's peeing habits have been established by now just ask motor trend though still it takes about NUMBER_TOKEN minutes to fully recharge and it takes me only two minutes to pee three if there's a dyson hand dryer in the bathroom then i do need an extra minute to dry my pants off after the water from my hands gets blown onto my crotch the lucid air battery is actually not that much bigger than tesla's at NUMBER_TOKEN kilowatt hour the longer range is actually achieved well i'll let lucid's ceo peter rollerson explain but before that a quick reminder that this video is brought to you by the climate exchange that's right tesla raffle is back you can win a tesla of your choice or other cash prizes only NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN tickets will be sold so make sure to get yours using the link in the description of this video and even if you don't win the money will go towards a great environmental cause and by new charge check out the new charge smart splitter you can charge two cars at the same time without spending a ton of money rewiring your home get one today and use the discount code in the description of this video all right here's what peter had to say about what the key to achieving the longer range was without using a huge battery pack we have such an efficient system and efficiency is key and the efficiency has a real value beyond just creating a car today which has over NUMBER_TOKEN miles range we can use that efficiency in other ways to reduce the costs of the system because if you have a more efficient use of the battery energy it's equivalent to having smaller battery pack which is more cost effective and mass effective efficiency is the key not necessarily the battery size something that all electric car manufacturers should pay attention to something that cindy monroe has been preaching for a while now all right it's time to answer the big question and a few smaller ones for which we turn to the forbes contributor and the host of the state of charge youtube channel tom malogne alright tom so let me ask you the big question that i think all tesla fans are asking or yelling at the screen with lucid air doesn't exist so who cares about how many epa miles it can get listen they have an epa certified now that means that they have production intent cars at least you know one batch of cars that are ready for production made that got certified they don't certify pre-production cars they are certifying production ready vehicles and evidently they have them ready to go so if you're saying that there is a production car that can be certified since they don't certify vaporware does that mean that deliveries might start very soon because most manufacturers get their epa ratings right before the deliveries yet you know the journalists we haven't seen the factory we haven't
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