As of Thursday morning, the beginning worth of the 2024 Lucid Air Pure is simply $71,400, reflecting a worth minimize of $7,500 and considerably undercutting probably the most reasonably priced present model of the Tesla Mannequin S for many who don’t require all-wheel drive.
In the meantime, mid-range Lucid Air Touring fashions have been minimize $8,000, to $79,400, and high-end 2024 Air Grand Touring variations, at $111,400, now begin $1,000 decrease than their posted price previous to the worth drop.
The entry worth for these looking for all-wheel drive is decrease, too, in what quantities to a better-equipped automobile. Whereas the 2023 Lucid Air Pure was accessible with AWD for $5,000 extra, for a worth of $83,900, the 2024 Air Pure is rear-wheel drive solely. Nonetheless, the Air Touring contains it for $79,900.
To match with the closest competitors, the Tesla Mannequin S, together with dual-motor all-wheel drive and carrying a 405-mile vary score, now begins at $76,380.
2024 Lucid Air
2024 Lucid Air
2024 Lucid Air
Third mannequin yr main the pack in EV vary
The Air Pure, in its base spec, affords a driving vary of 410 miles—larger than any Tesla Mannequin S model—whereas the 2024 Air Touring mannequin affords as much as 411 miles. Whereas these variations each use an 18-module battery pack with as much as 92 kwh, the Grand Touring makes use of a 22-module battery pack at 112 kwh and is nice for as much as a projected 516 miles of vary, in accordance with Lucid.
That indicators what’s shaping as much as be a 3rd mannequin yr through which the Lucid Air not solely tops Tesla in vary however is the longest-range EV in the marketplace. The Air was Inexperienced Automobile Reviews’ Finest Automobile To Purchase when it arrived, for its game-changing propulsion effectivity, speedy charging, and tech-forward however heat and welcoming reinterpretation of luxurious.
2024 Lucid Air
The Air could make road-trip charging stops very quick. The Pure, Touring, and Grand Touring can add 200 miles of vary in as little as 17, 15, and 12 minutes, respectively. Official 0-60 mph acceleration figures for the three Lucid Air fashions are spectacular, too, at 4.5, 3.4, and three.0 seconds, respectively, from general outputs of 430, 620, and 819 hp.
Whereas not reaching the super-sports tier of the top-performance tri-motor Lucid Air Sapphire, they don’t have a price ticket wherever near that model’s $250,500.
2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring
2024 Lucid Air will get $1,000 dwelling charging allowance
Beginning with 2024, Lucid contains 2 years or 24,000 miles of complimentary scheduled upkeep. It has dropped the two years of free Electrify America road-trip charging and now affords a $1,000 charging allowance with the Air towards “the Lucid charging accent of the client’s selecting.”
That emphasis on dwelling charging displays a actuality that almost all EV drivers—particularly these with premium EVs and locations to park them in a storage or driveway—cost at dwelling. Contemplating that Lucid is among the many automakers quickly to supply compatibility with Tesla Supercharger areas and different networks utilizing the NACS port along with its present CCS half, it could additionally underscore that there are different fast-charging decisions.