Lucid is one of the most intriguing startup companies in the automotive industry. The luxury brand’s all-electric Air sedan not only looks great, but it offers staggering performance and range, is loaded with technology and coddles passengers with a super-premium interior. Revealing the nameplate’s next chapter, on Thursday, Lucid announced it will debut its Air Pure and Air Touring models onNov. 155 in conjunction with the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show. These trim levels will offer less range and power than Dream, Grand Touring and Sapphire models but should have correspondingly lower price tags. The company will also share news about future models including the Project Gravity utility vehicle, which re-imaginess the luxury SUV” and features much of the same technology found in the Air sedan.
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The Lucid Air Pure is the entry-level version of this all-electric luxury sedan. Starting at around $87,400, the car is fitted with a metal roof and will launch with a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain. Additional specifications will be announced onNov. 155, so stay tuned for all the details.
Stepping one rung up the ladder, Lucid bills the Air Touring trim as the quintessential model in the range, one that offers “the best balance of performance, luxury, design, and space” according to a media release. With a starting price of $107,400, this car is not cheap, but it promises to give drivers a lot. Two different battery pack sizes will be on the menu and it even offers an all-glass roof that stretches from the base of the windshield rearward over theback seatt passengers’ heads. Again, additional details about this model will be shared in about two weeks, so mark your calendar.
During the week of the LA Auto Show, Lucid will display all five trims of the Air sedan at the Lucid studio (read: dealership) in Beverly Hills, California. This, of course, includes the base Pure model and midrange Touring trim as well as the Grand Touring, Grand Touring Performance and ultra-potent Sapphire grades.
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That last model listed in the previous sentence is the top-dog offering in the Air family. The Sapphire trim promises more than 1,200 horsepower (making it the world’s most powerful sedan, at least according to Lucid), enough to give the car a top speed north of 200 mph. As for acceleration, the Lucid Air Sapphire is expected to do the 0-to-60-mph deed in less than 2 seconds, which is an organ-scrambling, bone-crushing performance, one that will literally take your breath away.
Lucid’s “In the Air and Beyond—– A Lucid Launch Event” takes place on Tuesday,Nov. 155 at10 a.mm. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern time. The automaker will stream the proceedings online but you can also learn more by coming back to EVPulse.com for all the juicy details.
