Lucid introduces entry-level Air Pure and mid-tier Touring trims

In August Lucid stunned us with the Air Sapphire, a 1200-horsepower, $249,000 electrical luxurious sedan. Now, the California-based EV firm has launched two trim ranges on the extra attainable finish of the worth spectrum. After all, attainable is a relative time period when speaking a couple of beginning value is closing in on six-figure territory, however these are positioned to be compelling options to Tesla and Mercedes EQS.

The Lucid Air Pure is the brand new entry-level trim, beginning at $88,900 (together with a $1,500 vacation spot price) for a single-motor rear-wheel-drive configuration. It’ll solely include an aluminum, body-colored roof moderately than the expansive panoramic glass roof of higher-end Airs. In line with Lucid reps, the solid-roof automobiles have a completely totally different facet physique stamping than the glass-roof fashions because of the approach the roof is welded. 

The Pure introduces a brand new coloration, a Pacific Ocean-inspired grayish-blue referred to as Fathom Blue, and simplifies the choices to only a single inside. A cow-free Mojave (i.e., black and grey) leather-based different with a recycled woven cloth protecting elements of the sprint and door panels.

For $5,500, you’ll be able to add a second motor and all-wheel-drive. On this configuration, the mannequin gives 480 horsepower and an EPA-estimated 410 miles of vary. Sixty mph is available in simply 3.8 seconds from a standstill, in keeping with Lucid. Regardless of having much less battery capability than the upper grades — it makes use of an 18-module battery pack versus 22 — the vary remains to be greater than sufficient for many drivers. Charging with Lucid’s high-speed Wunderbox recovers 200 miles of vary in simply quarter-hour.

You may actually see the distinction within the batteries, because the 4 absent modules end in a 3.75-inch-lower footwell for rear seat passengers. In line with Lucid lead designer Derek Jenkins, the decrease cushion of the rear bench has a distinct contour in to compensate for the best way your legs will relaxation on the decrease top. 

The subsequent trim degree up from Pure is the Air Touring, which begins at $108,900 and comes with normal dual-motor AWD. With 620 horsepower, 0-60 is available in simply 3.4 seconds. The larger battery has an EPA-estimated vary of 425 miles. 

Just like the Pure, the Touring comes normal with an aluminum roof. Nevertheless, consumers have the choice to improve to a panoramic glass high for $4,500. Inside, all three coloration schemes — Mojave, Santa Cruz, and Tahoe — can be found in Nappa leather-based claimed to be carbon impartial, a wooden trim harvested sustainably, and alpaca wool inserts. Touring fashions even have an accessible Stealth trim, which grays out a lot of the brightwork and extremities such because the entrance spoiler and mirrors. 

In individual the Air seems to be virtually surprisingly low in an age of bulked up sedans and crossovers. With a drag coefficient of 0.197, it alleges to be the world’s most aerodynamic manufacturing car. Although Lucid claims hypercar-like efficiency from the Air Sapphire, all of the fashions show a sublime presence needing to peacock with bulging fenders and gratuitous creases all alongside the sheetmetal. 

“We made the acutely aware choice to tilt in direction of this concept that the place EV was going was the place luxurious can be going. It is effectivity and simple efficiency, which means you did not have to should have an enormous grille or exhaust pipes to be the quickest automobile on the highway,” defined Jenkins on why Lucid eschewed gratuitously ostentatious and outlandish design. “So we actually centered on one thing extra jet-like. An plane is a really environment friendly form, and we needed Lucid to have that easy high quality about it. If you consider trendy sports activities automobile and truck design massive vents and scoops are telling you, ‘I’m going quick.’ Within the new paradigm, that is telling me, ‘You are low tech.'”

Pure might be delivered in December — simply a few weeks. Initially, Lucid is churning out AWD Pures from its Arizona manufacturing unit. Single-motor RWD variants will arrive in early 2023. In the meantime, the primary Touring fashions might be delivered to house owners at a non-public occasion in Los Angeles later tonight. 

As for the range-topping Air Sapphire, Lucid says it is nonetheless present process testing. Engineers are finalizing among the efficiency elements like torque vectoring and plan to ship the restricted manufacturing (although they’d not say what number of items) someday subsequent 12 months.

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