Lucid News
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Lucid has pushed an over-the-air update that identifies a flawed contactor in a limited number of vehicles—but it requires owners accepting them.
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$7,500 “EV credit” provides extra sales thrust for Lucid Air
This temporarily drops the entry prices for Grand Touring and Touring to $132,000 and $101,400, respectively.
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Lucid motors are already helping energize Formula E racing
In Gen 3 cars, Lucid is supplying the front motors that aim for maximum energy recovery—helping to make the race faster and more exciting.
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Luxury EV leases are already tapping into $7,500 EV tax credit
Leasing may become a more popular option for those seeking high-end luxury EVs as an unintended side effect of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Review: 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring keeps getting better
We spent a week with the 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring to check in with its updated interface, and it makes the whole car more appealing.
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Lucid shifts to Panasonic batteries, some to be US-made
The Panasonic supply headed to Lucid may include cells from Japan and Kansas, and be bound for Lucid's “full vehicle line-up," according to the companies.
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Lucid says that the three-row Gravity electric SUV will offer more range than any EV except the Lucid Air.
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Lucid Air Touring: 425 miles, smaller battery than Model S
Further development has also reduced the coefficient of drag (Cd) of new Air models to 0.197, putting the Air ahead of the Tesla Model S and Mercedes EQS.
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Lucid Gravity SUV update due Nov. 15 at Air lineup launch
The $88,900 Lucid Air Pure will bow officially with the rest of the lineup—including the top tri-motor Sapphire version.
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Lucid Air's home charger adds up to 80 miles per hour
Lucid said the hardware for bidirectional charging is included as well, and the automaker has said all along that the Air was built with that capability in mind.
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Lucid updates Air software: new look, better range prediction
An over-the-air update to the electric luxury car spans a wide range of improvements, from headlight operation and de-icing to voice settings for rear climate control.
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How Lucid leaps past Tesla with smaller motors
Bottom line: Lucid claims that its drive units are light, compact, efficient, power-dense, and can be scaled up. And it took going back to the core physics to get there.
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The most affordable version of the Lucid Air lineup might be arriving soon, Lucid hinted in a holiday-weekend message.
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Three-motor Lucid Air Sapphire bows as the most powerful sedan in the world—and it’s an EV
The tri-motor Air Sapphire could beat the Tesla Model S Plaid in nearly every performance metric. And versus other Airs, it sacrifices no interior or cargo space.
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Lucid Air Stealth Look tones down appearance of electric luxury sedan
The darkened appearance package adds $6,000 to the price of most Lucid Air electric cars, but deliveries won't be made until early 2023.
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Lucid halves 2022 production estimate, citing continued supply-chain issues
The company did continue to bolster its sales and service network in the quarter, however—something that may put it in a better position once things ramp up.
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Lucid Air recalled over instrument panel wiring
The fault involves a wiring harness that may not be secured properly in the affected cars—although it affects less than 1% of recalled vehicles.
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Lucid raises prices effective June 1, but no price hike for reservation-holders
Lucid has more than 30,000 reservations, and still plans to make 12,000 to 14,000 vehicles at its Arizona plant in 2022.
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The deal includes an initial commitment of 50,000 vehicles, with an option to purchase 50,000 more, including the Lucid Air and "other future models."
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1,050-hp, 446-mile Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance keeps the Dream (Edition) alive
A tri-motor version of the Lucid Air isn't here yet, and the Dream Edition Performance is sold out. So a new Grand Touring Performance takes the top spot.
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Lucid confirms Nvidia architecture for its DreamDrive Pro driver-assistance system
DreamDrive Pro has been billed as an answer to Tesla's Autopilot, and Lucid has hinted that it might eventually exceed the capabilities of that and other systems.
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Energy, power, cells, modules, cooling: Watch Lucid's CEO give the best EV battery primer yet
Lucid's CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson teaches the basics on EV batteries while showing off some of the brand's tech.
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Lucid Air: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022
The Lucid Air gives Tesla some healthy competition, with technology that could bring about extensive change.
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First test confirms Lucid Air charges faster than Model S or Taycan
The Lucid Air topped 300 kw and came close, in a real-world test, to delivering Lucid's claimed rate of up to 20 miles of range per minute.
Stephen Edelstein