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Toyota will introduce its third EV on March 11th. What will it be called? Well, they've said that the BZ naming hasn't really worked. So I don't know. The urban cruiser could be some inspiration

for that. The BZ4X is their existing one as well. Maybe we thought it was going to be called

a European version of the BZ3C, seen at China's Beijing Motor Show, but maybe it'll have some

different naming. Probably pricing-wise, sitting between the

31 grand CHR and the 43 grand BZ4X. Lucid Motors is looking for a new CEO. The current one

has resigned. Peter Rawlinson has been in the position for a long time. I think he's been

at Lucid for 12 years. He was the project lead on the old

Tesla Model S. He's an excellent engineer, but maybe Lucid, which is just about the best of the best

in terms of engineering and efficiency just needs another CEO to perhaps take the company in a

different direction, possibly.

I would say a very worthy and earnest company, but that might not necessarily be the brand values

that sell the most EVs.

They have the most incredible products.

They've not always been able to communicate that to buyers, though wider buyers, and they need

to sell more cars at Lucid.

Volkswagen's ID4 had a stellar January, by the way,

pent up demand, it seems,

because obviously they had that stop sale in September

with the door handle problem and then getting parts for it.

It was the third best-selling electric vehicle in America in January.

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