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As promised, startup Lucid Motors tonight unveiled its first production electric vehicle, the premium sedan Lucid Air. Thanks to numerous teasers and leaks, interested readers already know almost everything about this model, so the announcement itself was interesting with confirmation of previously announced features and photographs of the model’s final design.
The creation of an electric car was done from scratch, without looking at internal combustion engines, so its design takes full advantage of the electrical circuit. The developers have called the cabin design concept Lucid Space Concept, based on miniaturization of engines, transmission and battery to increase cabin clearance. The manufacturer’s advanced electric platform, called the Lucid Electric Advanced Platform (LEAP), uses a pair of electric motors, permanent four-wheel drive, and a 113 kWh battery.
The Lucid Air electric car will be available in four versions:
- Air – Entry-level model priced below $ 80,000 (available starting 2022);
- Air Touring (620 hp) – mid-range model priced at $ 95,000 (available late 2021);
- Air Grand Touring (800 hp) – the most equipped production version priced at $ 139,000 (available from mid-2021);
- Air Dream Edition (1080hp) – Limited Edition $ 169,000 (Available Spring 2021)
In the maximum version (Air Dream Edition), an electric car with a capacity of 1080 hp. accelerates to 100 km / h in 2.5 seconds, travels a quarter mile in 9.9 seconds and collects a maximum of 270 km / h (apparently this is an artificial limitation of the road versions, since the prototypes of the model They accelerated to 378 km / h, which is not surprising considering the power and the coefficient of drag of 0.21). But the maximum range is shown by the Air Grand Touring version: it is capable of exceeding 832 km (517 miles) on a single charge according to the EPA measurement cycle. The Lucid Air electric car supports high speed charging of up to 300 kW, in this mode you get 480 km (300 miles) of range in just 20 minutes of charging or 32 km (20 miles) per minute of charging. In home / office conditions, you can charge from a home network with a power of up to 19.2 kW.
The technical characteristics of all versions of Lucid Air are summarized in the following tables:
Interestingly, the company has yet to announce the features of the younger Lucid Air model, so we don’t know what compromises the developers are willing to make to lower the cost of this version (a motor, a lower capacity battery?) .
The interior design of the Lucid Air is even more impressive than the exterior of an electric vehicle. Below the driver’s right hand is a retractable touchscreen “tablet” for controlling the EV’s parameters, and in front of it is a huge 34-inch 5K curved screen of complex Glass Cockpit shape. The touch interface is complemented by multiple physical controls and Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
The driver has at his disposal a patented ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) assistance system, which is called Lucid DreamDrive: it is based on 32 different sensors (cameras, radars, ultrasonic sensors, lidars, etc.) and is capable of operate autonomously. Level 2 / Level 3 movement. The software is updated wirelessly via OTA (Over-the-Air).
Each version of the Lucid Air will receive its own list of options, while buyers can customize the electric car to their liking using the configurator.
Lucid Air’s premium electric vehicle is now open to customers in the US and Canada, as well as select countries in Europe and Asia. For the regular version of Air, it is enough to make a deposit of $ 1,000, for the limited edition Air Dream – $ 7,500. By 2021, the company plans to open about 20 showrooms and service centers in North America. Electric vehicle production will begin in the coming months at Lucid Motors’ own factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, USA.
Source: Lucid Motors
