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Lucid will sell up to 100,000 EVs to the Saudi government
Luxury EV maker Lucid Group has struck a deal to sell the government of Saudi Arabia up to 100,000 vehicles over the next ten years.
Lucid unveils two variants of its Air Grand Touring EV
The California-based EV startup is delivering two more luxury sedans.
Lucid Air Dream Edition review: 1,111 horsepower of EV luxury
Lucid had a plan: Instead of taking on Tesla, it was determined to shoot past the EV-only automaker and go after the German luxury sedan.
Lucid details the Air's semi-autonomous driving features
Lucid has detailed its Air EV's semi-autonomous driving assistant, although its most advanced features won't be available for a long while.
Lucid will begin delivering its Air luxury EV in late October
Lucid Motors has revealed it will start deliveries of its Air luxury EV in late October.
Lucid is offering two variants of its Air Dream Edition luxury EV
Lucid is giving Air Dream Edition customers the choice between two EV variants: a Performance or Range version.
Lucid's luxury EV will play directional warning sounds with its 21 speakers
Lucid has revealed the interface for its Air luxury EV, and it includes a mix of digital and physical controls — plus alerts in Dolby Atmos.
The Lucid Air EV will be the first car equipped with Dolby Atmos
When the Lucid Air arrives in 2022, some models will be equipped with immersive Dolby Atmos sound -- the first time it will be available in a car.
Lucid Motors is going public before it starts selling EVs
Lucid Motors will go public via a merger before it sells its first electric car, setting the company's value at more than $11 billion.
After Math: Apple's unveils its inaugural 5G phone amid a week of firsts
Lucid announced last week that its first entry into the EV market, dubbed the Air, would be competitively priced against the main rival, the Tesla Model S. That is, right up until Tesla CEO and overwrought man-child, Elon Musk, unilaterally dropped the price of the Model S to, and I shit you not, $69,420. October 22nd is shaping up to be a big day for Virgin Galactic. Should the launch go according to plan, this will mark the first time that the vehicle has operated out of the firm’s new headquarters at Spaceport America.
Lucid's first production EV will go head-to-head with Model S at $77,400
The Lucid Air starts at $77,400, before you apply federal EV tax credits.
Lucid Air EV runs the quarter-mile in just 9.245 seconds
Tesla promises sub 9.9-second times for the 'Plaid' Model S and Lucid fired back with this clip of a prototype going down the drag strip well under that time.
For Lucid’s Air EV sedan, performance and prestige come at a price
After multiple production delays and setbacks, Lucid Motors gave the EV driving public its first look at the upcoming Lucid Air sedan during a live streamed reveal event on Wednesday. Built on the Lucid Electric Advanced Platform (LEAP), the all-wheel drive Lucid Air will be powered by either a single, double, or triple electric motor set producing a whopping 1,080 horsepower between them. The Air’s 113 kWh battery pack is only slightly larger than the 100 kWh used in Tesla’s Model S Long Range Plus yet Lucid claims that the Air will be able to travel up to 517 miles on a single charge, easily dwarfing the Model 3’s 402 miles (and really any other EV vehicle currently on sale).
Lucid Motors claims its first EV covers a quarter mile in 9.9 seconds
With 1,080 horsepower, the Lucid Air Dream Edition hits 60 MPH in 2.5 seconds.
Lucid claims to have created the fastest charging EV to date
Lucid Motors has been making some bold claims about its upcoming EV, the Lucid Air, ahead of the vehicle’s reveal next month and Wednesday’s press announcement was no different. Alternately, the Air’s onboard AC charger will offer Level 1 and 2 charging speeds of up to 80 miles per hour.
Lucid Motors' first EV will come with LIDAR driving assistance as standard
LIDAR as standard is pretty cool.
Lucid Motors will finally reveal its luxury electric sedan in September
Lucid Motors will unveil its production-ready Lucid Air on September 9th and plans to be production-ready by late 2020.
Lucid Motors pushes back the unveiling of its long-awaited electric sedan
Back in January, Lucid Motors announced that it's finally unveiling the production model of its electric sedan in April three years after it was first revealed. The company was supposed to launch the car next week at the New York Auto Show, but the event was postponed until August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now company CEO and former Tesla chief engineer Peter Rawlinson has confirmed to Silicon Valley Business Journal that it won't be pushing through with Lucid Air's debut.
Lucid opens European pre-orders for its currently unfinished EV
Last week, Lucid Motors unveiled a production model of its electric sedan the Lucid Air. The company has been struggling to bring the vehicle, which it first unveiled in 2016, to the market, and it isn't planning to unveil its customer-ready version until April. In the meantime, though, Lucid Motors is opening pre-orders in Europe, where it expects to begin deliveries in 2021.
Lucid Motors to unveil a production model of its electric sedan in April
Lucid Motors is finally showing us the production version of its electric luxury sedan over three years after it was first revealed. The automaker has announced that it will officially unveil the Lucid Air -- yes, the version making its way to customers -- in New York in April.
