The InEVitable Podcast Episode 49: Lucid Chassis Engineers
Ed and Jonny talk to some people behind the best handling EV on the market.
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On this week's performance-themed episode of The InEVitable, we sit down with two engineers from Lucid to discuss why their Car of the Year-winning electric super sedan handles so dang good. Both men—senior director of chassis and vehicle dynamics David Lickfold and chassis control technical specialist Greg Massey—are industry veterans who brought their considerable skill to a luxury electric car startup and against what sounds like every odd, turned out a great product. After just a few minutes of conversation, you're struck by the notion that the two of them seem to believe they're on a mission.
On this episode, Ed Loh and Jonny Lieberman mix it up with the Lucid engineers in a wide-ranging conversation that covers everything from which competitor cars they benchmarked, their own personal benchmarks, the differences between the Lucid Air Dream Edition and the subsequent Grand Touring models, cars moving toward steer-by-wire, coil suspension versus air suspension, and how the upcoming Gravity SUV will in fact have air suspension, Greg's old job at Tesla developing the Model S Plaid, Lucid's reaction to the four-motor Rivian R1T/S, the benefits of dual-rear motors, and so much more.
Want to listen to a long conversation with two of the guys who make such great-handling electric cars?? Or better yet, watch then go back and forth with Ed and Jonny? Well friends, you can watch the vodcast right here or on our YouTube channel. If audio is your thing, download the podcast here or wherever you listen to your podcasts. If you like it, please tell your friends, share us on social media, like the video, and don't forget to give us a five-star review. We hope you have fun checking out this episode. Remember, Ed and Jonny will be back next Thursday with another fresh new episode of The InEVitable.
When I was just one-year-old and newly walking, I managed to paint a white racing stripe down the side of my father’s Datsun 280Z. It’s been downhill ever since then. Moral of the story? Painting the garage leads to petrolheads. I’ve always loved writing, and I’ve always had strong opinions about cars.
One day I realized that I should combine two of my biggest passions and see what happened. Turns out that some people liked what I had to say and within a few years Angus MacKenzie came calling. I regularly come to the realization that I have the best job in the entire world. My father is the one most responsible for my car obsession. While driving, he would never fail to regale me with tales of my grandfather’s 1950 Cadillac 60 Special and 1953 Buick Roadmaster. He’d also try to impart driving wisdom, explaining how the younger you learn to drive, the safer driver you’ll be. “I learned to drive when I was 12 and I’ve never been in an accident.” He also, at least once per month warned, “No matter how good you drive, someday, somewhere, a drunk’s going to come out of nowhere and plow into you.”
When I was very young my dad would strap my car seat into the front of his Datsun 280Z and we’d go flying around the hills above Malibu, near where I grew up. The same roads, in fact, that we now use for the majority of our comparison tests. I believe these weekend runs are part of the reason why I’ve never developed motion sickness, a trait that comes in handy when my “job” requires me to sit in the passenger seats for repeated hot laps of the Nurburgring. Outside of cars and writing, my great passions include beer — brewing and judging as well as tasting — and tournament poker. I also like collecting cactus, because they’re tough to kill. My amazing wife Amy is an actress here in Los Angeles and we have a wonderful son, Richard.Read More
