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In his honor Jill subjects Sam to a Pontiac Fiero quiz. Sam wraps up the show sharing some news about the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles.\n  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising."},"annotations":[{"startTime":0.0,"endTime":0.0,"type":"brand","title":"Lucid","url":"/glossary/lucid","canonicalId":"brand:lucid","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.0,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Lucid is an electric-vehicle brand known for premium EVs and advanced battery/efficiency engineering. When people talk about Lucid in the context of pricing, they’re usually referring to how expensive the cars are compared with mainstream EVs.","simplifiedExplanation":"Lucid is a company that makes electric cars. 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