The 2024 mannequin 12 months brings quite a lot of modifications to the Lucid Air lineup, though not all the things is formally introduced but. Let’s summarize what we do know.
To begin with, the 2024 Lucid Air household consists of 4 primary variations—entry-level Pure, Touring, Grand Touring, and top-of-the-line Sapphire. The Pure is out there solely within the all-new rear-wheel drive model, because the earlier all-wheel-drive model has been dropped. The Touring AWD model is usually the identical, though there are new EPA vary numbers. In the meantime, the Grand Touring’s particulars will likely be launched in early 2024, the beforehand accessible Grand Touring Efficiency has been discontinued, and the Sapphire is all-new.
A very powerful change is that the brand new MSRP costs are considerably decrease than within the case of the outgoing 2023 mannequin 12 months.
The Lucid Air Pure RWD begins at $77,400 ($10,000 lower than initially anticipated), plus $1,575 of compulsory vacation spot and documentation charges.
The Lucid Air Touring AWD begins at $85,900. A 12 months in the past, the costs began at $107,400. The Lucid Air Grand Touring AWD pricing is just not but accessible, beforehand it was supplied for $179,000. The decrease costs of the 2024 mannequin 12 months are the pure consequence of the earlier value cuts of the 2023 mannequin 12 months, utilized in August, to spice up gross sales.
The Lucid Air Sapphire’s beginning value is $249,000.
*Lucid provides a Vacation spot charge (DST) of $1,500 and a Documentation charge of $75 to all its fashions ($1,575 complete).
Due to the excessive price ticket, all Lucid Air variations exceed the value cap for the $7,500 federal tax credit score.
2024 Lucid Air EPA Vary
When it comes to vary, at present, solely the 2024 Lucid Air Pure RWD and Sapphire have been formally listed on the EPA web site. Moreover, Lucid affords EPA-estimated numbers on its web site for the Touring AWD model. Information for the Grand Touring AWD variations is just not accessible but.
The entry-level Lucid Air Pure is provided with a 88-kilowatt-hour battery (gross battery capability), consisting of 16 modules. The EPA Mixed vary of the automotive with 19-inch wheels is 419 miles, but it surely decreases to 394 miles when outfitted with the optionally available 20-inch wheels. This implies a discount of 25 miles or 6%.
The numbers for the 2024 Lucid Air Touring AWD are totally different (decrease to be exact) in comparison with the 2023 mannequin 12 months, regardless of the identical battery of 92 kWh (18 modules), which Lucid explains by an “up to date EPA vary testing protocol.”
The EPA Mixed vary of the 2024 Lucid Air Touring AWD (vs. 2023MY):
Touring AWD 19-inch: 411 miles (vs. 425 miles; down 14 miles) Touring AWD 20-inch: 382 miles (vs. 384 miles; down 2 miles)[down 29 miles or 7% compared to 19-inch wheels] Touring AWD 21-inch: 365 miles (vs. 384 miles; down 19 miles)[down 46 miles or 11% compared to 19-inch wheels]
There are not any vary numbers for the Grand Touring AWD variations, however within the 2023 mannequin 12 months, they have been 516 miles (19-inch wheel model) and 469 miles (20- and 21-inch wheels.) Hopefully, the 500-mile vary automotive will return in 2024.
The 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire is rated at 427 miles of EPA Mixed vary, so not that a lot totally different from the beforehand accessible Lucid Air Grand Touring Efficiency, which had a variety of 446 miles. The distinction is nineteen miles or 4.3% much less, however the tri-motor Sapphire has extra energy and is way faster with its 0-60 mph time of 1.89 seconds (together with rollout), as marketed by Lucid.
*Tough battery capability; EPA-estimated vary in accordance with the producer; 0-60 mph acceleration under 1.9 seconds in accordance with the producer.
Now, let’s check out the three new EPA vitality consumption scores:
Vitality consumption, together with charging losses, of the Lucid Air Pure RWD 19-inch is estimated at 137 MPGe or roughly 246 watt-hours per mile. The 20-inch wheel model is about 5% much less environment friendly, at 130 MPGe or about 259 Wh/mi.
An fascinating factor is that the 2023 Lucid Air Pure AWD 19-inch had a greater ranking of 140 MPGe or about 241 Wh/mi (identical because the Touring AWD). In different phrases, the RWD model doesn’t deliver a brand new file of effectivity, however let’s have in mind Lucid’s information about some updates within the testing protocol.
Within the case of the Lucid Air Sapphire, the vitality consumption is estimated at 105 MPGe or about 321 Wh/mi. That is the least environment friendly outcome for Lucid (30% worse than Lucid Pure RWD), however not unhealthy in any respect, even amongst EVs (the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid additionally was above 100 MPGe).
We at the moment are ready for the remaining EPA vary scores in addition to for the Lucid Air Grand Touring pricing and specs, that are anticipated in early 2024.