Days after beginning manufacturing of its costliest mannequin but, the $249,000 Air Sapphire, Lucid has additionally introduced the launch of the bottom Air Pure RWD.
Obtainable at a beginning worth of $78,900 (together with a $1,500 vacation spot payment), the Lucid Air Pure RWD is the one single-motor mannequin within the Air lineup, that includes a rear-mounted electrical motor rated at 430 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque.
That is sufficient energy to allow a dash from zero to 60 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds and a prime pace of 124 mph. The electrical motor attracts power from an 88-kilowatt-hour Lengthy Vary Battery Pack, which allows an EPA-estimated vary of as much as 410 miles on commonplace 19-inch wheels.
That is the very best vary of any manufacturing EV presently in the marketplace moreover different Lucid Air fashions, in response to the corporate. There’s one other benefit in utilizing Lucid’s most compact battery to this point – the ground sits decrease within the rear passenger space.
This permits occupants to take pleasure in extra legroom and foot room than in Lucid Air fashions geared up with the Prolonged Vary Pack.
Because it makes use of the identical 900-volt electrical structure as the opposite Lucid Air fashions, the Pure RWD is able to ultra-rapid charging. It may add as much as 150 miles of vary in lower than 12 minutes at DC quick charging stations.
“The brand new Lucid Air Pure RWD has all of it; type and expertise, vary and efficiency, area and practicality,” stated Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO of Lucid.
“I am delighted that probably the most accessible Air surpasses the vary of some other electrical automotive from some other model. With a beginning worth of $77,400, I imagine that this new addition to the Lucid Air lineup is the automotive so many have been ready for.”
For $78,900, the Lucid Air Pure RWD comes nicely geared up, with commonplace options together with a 34-inch curved Glass Cockpit show, Apple CarPlay, heated seats on each rows, heated steering wheel, Micro Lens Array LED headlights, the Lucid UX digital atmosphere able to over-the-air software program updates, and the DreamDrive suite of superior driver help methods.
The Lucid Air Pure RWD could be the model’s most reasonably priced mannequin but, nevertheless it will not have it straightforward out there following the latest Tesla Mannequin S worth cuts. The Tesla Mannequin S Twin Motor AWD now begins at $76,380 (together with $1,390 vacation spot), and it affords the same vary of 405 miles.
The Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+ can also be a tempting proposition with a beginning MSRP of $76,050 (together with $1,150 vacation spot), however its EPA-estimated vary is simply 305 miles.