California - based Lucid Motors is set to give Tesla a run for its money with a new prototype electric vehicle ( EV ) , according to ex - Model S lead engineer and Lucid CTO Peter Rawlinson . He said the company 's new car will be autonomous , will accelerate from 0 - 60 in less than three seconds and produce 1,000 bhp , thanks to batteries powerful enough to complete an entire Formula E race . Rawlinson’s role at the company is to rethink the whole architecture of the automobile, an engineer’s dream job. Rawlinson expects the car to go into production in late 2018 , with eventual ambitions to produce 60,000 units a year .
California - based Lucid Motors is set to give Tesla a run for its money with a new prototype electric vehicle ( EV ) , according to ex - Model S lead engineer and Lucid CTO Peter Rawlinson . He said the company 's new car will be autonomous , will accelerate from 0 - 60 in less than three seconds and produce 1,000 bhp , thanks to batteries powerful enough to complete an entire Formula E race . Rawlinson expects the car to go into production in late 2018 , with eventual ambitions to produce 60,000 units a year .