We recently reported that Lucid is going to start aiming downmarket with a lineup of cheaper vehicles, and just a few days later we’re getting our first real look at what one of those cars will look like. Lucid posted a teaser image of its upcoming midsize crossover, giving us a pretty good look at … Read more
Electric vehicles aren’t cheap yet. I mean, to be fair, no cars are cheap anymore with an average transaction price above $48,000, but now “luxury” EV makers looking to capitalize on a market looking for cheaper all-electric vehicles. Tesla, Rivian, Lucid and even VinFast are planning on bringing cheaper offerings to the U.S. and more … Read more
Depreciation is hitting EVs hard. Many models that were once some of the hottest cars on the market can be found with prices so cheap you’d be dumb not to buy them. One segment getting hit particularly hard is luxury EVs. Lucid might be the poster child of this depreciation. 2024 Lucid Air Pure First … Read more
Screenshot: Out Of Spec Reviews on YouTube The Arizona-made Lucid Air is perhaps the king of modern electric car luxury. It’s got its own aerodynamic design aesthetic, efficient layout, tons of power, but the new 2025 Grand Touring model is also the king of EPA-rated EV range, supposedly delivering more miles per charge than any … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 6, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. It’s Time The Nissan Altima Got Some Respect | Jalopinions 1st Gear: Lucid Gets Another Lifeline Despite Cash … Read more
Image: Lucid The name of the game for Lucid CEO/CTO Peter Rawlinson has always been efficiency. The company claims that its updated Air Pure model will achieve 5 miles of driving for each kilowatt hour of energy onboard (up from 4.1 miles in earlier models), for a record 146 MPGe EPA rating. The brand’s least … Read more
Photo: Lucid The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is getting some important updates that’ll take its world-beating 516 miles of range in 2023 to… 516 miles of range. I know that sounds wrong, but it’s actually correct: See, Lucid says the EPA made its electric range test more challenging for 2024, but thanks to a … Read more
A TikToker got locked inside of her Tesla Model 3 for 40 minutes in the hot sun while it was installing a software update, and as of this writing her video has over 10.7 million plays after a single day of being online. Before you go jumping to conclusions about her ineptitude, Brianna Janel was … Read more
Lucid is dropping the price on its flagship and sole vehicle (for now), the Air sedan, because demand just isn’t where the nascent automaker needs it to be. Three trims of the Air — the Pure, Touring and Grand Touring — will all see varying degrees of price cuts. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived The base model … Read more
Last month American startup Lucid debuted the Gravity, its first entry in the hotly contested three-row SUV segment and an important model for the brand that currently only builds the Air luxury sedan. Speaking with Autocar in a new interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson says the company’s next focus is on two mainstream models that will … Read more
