Pray tell, what are these significant drawbacks?
> the Plaid is still the fastest car you can buy without dropping a half million
Nope: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/19/23312956/lucid-air-sapphi...
> the Plaid is still the fastest car you can buy without dropping a half million
And you said:
> Nope: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/19/23312956/lucid-air-sapphi...
Except you can't actually buy the car you linked to. That's a pretty big miss in a conversation about cars you can buy. In fact, I would say one of the two defining features of "cars you can buy" is the fact that you can buy them.
I would suspect that it isn't too different from the Plaid.
Don't feel too bad that Tesla doesn't lead here. Tesla doesn't lead in real world range tests either:
https://insideevs.com/reviews/443791/ev-range-test-results/
Tesla makes good ads though. I like the bit with the parrot:
https://www.lucidmotors.com/stories/introducing-sapphire-pin...