Pretty much every electric vehicle that comes to market at the moment is compared to Tesla.
Lets take a look at what we know.
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That should be capable of running a quarter mile in under 10 seconds.
This gives it the longest range of any production EV at the moment.
Lucid says that it has the lowest drag coefficient of any luxury car, too.
This might go some way to explaining how it gets such good range.
A car that cuts through the air easier needs less power to do so, hence the impressive range.
In fact, itll more likely have to be a 300+ kW charger.
Whatever the case, Lucid says that at peak power it can add 20 miles per minute spent charging.
In reality, Lucid says that should convert to around 300 miles of range added in 20 minutes.
If anyone has range anxiety, with the Lucid Air that should be a thing of the past.
The inside
The passenger experience is going to be quite unique.
More features will be added using OTA updates.
There will still be some physical buttons to control certain vehicle functions, including familiar steering wheel-based audio controls.
More space for bags.
Its headed up by Peter Rawlinson who was the lead Model S engineer as it happens.
It sounds simple, but the benefits affect the entire vehicle.
Having smaller motors means theres more space inside the car for passengers, that frunk, and batteries.
Lucids model variants
The Lucid Air is going to be available in four different spec levels.
The first one to market coming in Spring is the Lucid Air Dream Edition.
Its list price (before subsidies) is $169,000.
Thatll have a list price of $139,000 and will be available in mid-2021.
By 2022, the base-spec Lucid Air will be available and will cost $80,000.
Lucid are yet to say what its range and power will be, though.
But for now, heres a bunch more pictures of it.
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Story byMatthew Beedham
Matthew is the editor of SHIFT.
He likes electric cars, and other things with wheels, wings, or hulls.
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