Lucid Motors Aims To Rival Tesla

What do you do after you creating the Tesla Model S? Well, for Tesla's former lead engineer Peter Rawlinson, you start your own car company called Lucid Motors. The company’s first car is the Air. It's all electric, with one-thousand horsepower and slated for full production in two years.

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