Rae Millin, From Porsche Taycan to Lucid Gravity, An Unboxing

I am delighted to welcome Rae Millen as my guest on this week’s Lucid Driver podcast. I called this episode an unboxing in the spirit of those YouTube videos where a reviewer receives some new product to test and they take us through from the moment of opening the Amazon or UPS box to the product demo. I call this episode an unboxing because when I first reached out to Rae he had just picked up his Gravity and hardly “unboxed it.”

Rae told me, “I come from both a background of cars and of tech. Having been a muscle car fan and owner most of my adult life, I grew interested in EVs as a tech person when Tesla started rolling out in 2012. I test drove a Model S in 2015 and was extremely impressed and almost bought one back then but Dodge flashed the Hellcat in front of me and I went that way instead. Then in 2019 I grew interested again and started looking bc I was tired of paying for gas and knew in my soul the damage those type of cars were doing to the world. Enter Elon introducing the Plaid and I had a day one reservation but thought I'd do my due diligence and investigate other EVs, since Tesla was no longer the only game for performance EV. The Porsche Taycan was just released and was readily available at my local Porsche dealership and after a test drive I was hooked and went that way. 

What led me to Lucid was that while doing my research, I seriously noticed what they were doing and was impressed with their efficiency and style, but they were too new and I wasn't sure they'd survive. Getting that big investment from the Middle Eastern investors and their continued push to put out great EVs kept me looking and the Gravity completely won me over when they first introduced it. By this point, a Porsche was starting to wear on my body as a daily and my wife and son actually did not like riding in it due to its size and low ride height, so it was time to look at something else anyway. And here I am today owner of the greatest EV SUV in the country today!

Also, I am a member of EVHybridNoire and volunteer with Drive Electric Alabama to help with EV education, work with government and businesses to expand charging infrastructure, particularly in in low income and under served communities. I work with our local government up to the mayor of Huntsville Alabama, who drives a Ford Lightning himself and all the way up to the Governor Kay Ivey who has been very supportive of EVs and infrastructure and job growth in this area for Alabama. "

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