Costs maintain going downward for the Lucid Air sedan; the previous 18 months reveal a steep premium for being an early adopter. On the conclusion of our Lucid Air First Drive in July 2022, earlier than the Pure and Sapphire trims have been launched, the Touring began at $107,400, the Grand Touring began at $154,000, the Grand Touring Efficiency was $179,000. When the Pure arrived for the 2023 mannequin 12 months, the brand new entry-level variant lowered the Air’s worth to $88,900. Behind it, the brand new mid-tier Touring had come down virtually $11,000 to $96,500, whereas the Grand Touring was up virtually $20,000 to $127,100 and the Grand Touring Efficiency had gone up $9,000 to $163,000. The brand new Sapphire requested $250,500.
Cue extra battles within the EV worth wars throughout 2023. The Pure dropped one other $10,000 to $78,900 simply two months in the past, the Touring got here down one other $9,100 to $87,400, the Grand Touring reduce $14,700 to achieve a brand new low of $112,400, and the Grand Touring Efficiency had been shuffled off into retirement. The Sapphire was unchanged.
However as Foreigner sang so way back, “That was yesterday.” Lucid simply dropped a cleaver — a really luxurious cleaver, to make sure — on Air costs, saving patrons of the 2 lowest trims one other massive bundle, and patrons of 1 trim a wee little bundle. The most recent figures, and their variations from 24 hours in the past, are:
Pure: $71,400 ($7,500 much less)
Touring: $79,400 ($8,000 much less)
Grand Touring: $111,400 ($1,000 much less)
Sapphire: $250,500 (No change)
These sums embody Lucid’s $1,500 vacation spot cost however don’t embody the $75 documentation payment nor different estimated charges Lucid provides in its configurator. Additionally, the value so as to add a second motor to the Pure trim — the one one which comes with rear-wheel-drive commonplace as a substitute of AWD — has simply come down from $5,500 to $5,000. The corporate describes this because the “newest part of its dedication to creating the very best EV extra accessible.”
And there is extra! Each new Lucid will include a $1,000 credit score towards the client’s chosen Lucid charging accent within the Lucid store. Because the $1,200 Lucid Linked Residence Charging Station is the one four-figure charging assist within the store on the time of writing, we suspect that is the place the majority of patrons will throw down their free money.
Lastly, Lucid’s throwing in scheduled upkeep for free of charge for both two years or as much as 24,000 miles. The Air proprietor’s handbook explains scheduled upkeep is meant to occur yearly or at 12,000 miles. Posters on the Lucid Proprietor’s discussion board say they’ve paid “somewhat over $400 for the annual service,” the newly free upkeep saving new patrons one other $800 or so.
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