 Hey, it's Andy here at The Verge. We're here with Lucid Motors, checking out their new air prototype electric vehicle. They hope to beat Tesla at their own game, and what better way to do it than by hiring a lot of their old engineers. So we're gonna go check it out and see how it works. The pickup on this car is really quite impressive. When you accelerated before, I felt myself being pressed back into my seat in a really kind of tactile way. Lucid Motors is a small electric car startup based in Los Angeles, California. It's among the latest in a wave of electric car startups to spring up with sleek, dynamic, attractive sports car models. A couple months ago, they released their first production car, the Air. Lucid thinks that the Air could be a Tesla killer, and they should know. The company's chief technology officer, Peter Rawlinson, is the former lead engineer on the Model S. Lucid joins Karma, Next EV, and Faraday Future in their quest to steal some of Tesla's shine. As a result, the electric horsepower wars are heating up, and Lucid is a contender with its claim that the car will make 1,000 horsepower and raise from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than three seconds. And boy was it fast. We took it for a spin down the Las Vegas Strip during CES, and suffice to say, this car could cook. It flew down straightaways and blazed around corners with torque to burn. A few times, I almost ended up in Peter Rawlinson's lap. The Air is super roomy. Lucid says that was part of their goal to make a larger than normal interior to put the driver at ease. Unlike their competitors, like Faraday Future, Lucid seems more grounded in reality, steering clear of making lavish promises about the future of mobility and how they're gonna transform transportation. They just wanna sell a car, and fortunately for them, it seems like they have a real winner on their hands. It was a sweet ride, and I can't wait to take another spin. I'm gonna get back to work. I'm gonna get back to work. I'm gonna get back to work.