Contents The Lucid Air electric car finally took flight in 2020 after years in financial limbo. While Lucid plans to launch an SUV called the Gravity and a line of smaller, more mainstream models, the Air remains Lucid’s sole product nearly four years after its launch. The Air has evolved in that time, adding multiple configurations that allow this one car to fill several niches.
Pure enjoyment If you’re looking for a fast and luxurious EV with road-trip worthy range, the Lucid Air Pure base model may be all the car you need. The Pure loses its all-wheel drive option for the 2024, but the remaining rear-wheel drive version starts at $71,400 and extracts 419 miles of range from its 88-kilowatt-hour battery pack. That’s impressive considering that a Tesla Model S requires nearly 100 kWh of battery capacity for 402 miles of range.
More power, less urgency The Touring is another carryover model, but with the deletion of the dual-motor Pure from the lineup for 2024, it’s now the least-expensive way to get an all-wheel drive powertrain in an Air. Rather than just a sop for snowbelt customers, though, the Touring is more about splitting the different between the Pure and Grand Touring models.
Reputation maker The Lucid Air Grand Touring is a car that headlines are made of. With 516 miles of range from a 112-kWh battery pack, it is the longest-range EV currently on sale. It’s also the fastest-charging Air variant, able to recover 200 miles of range in just 12 minutes of charging at a suitably powerful DC fast-charging station, according to Lucid. However, the price climbs steeply to $111,400.
A gem of a performance car The Sapphire is Lucid’s answer to the Tesla Model S Plaid, and like the Plaid, it uses a tri-motor powertrain. A single front motor and dual rear motors combine for a numerically satisfying 1,234 hp, as well as 1,430 lb-ft of torque. The performance figures are predictably impressive: zero to 60 mph in 1.8 seconds, a quarter-mile time of 8.9 seconds at 158 mph, and a 205 mph top speed.
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