Whereas the Lucid Air Pure RWD is the carmaker’s most reasonably priced mannequin to this point, it nonetheless comes with a hefty price ticket of 77,400 {dollars}. However the brand new base model of the electrical sedan has a lot to supply, similar to a 321 kW rear-wheel drive and an EPA vary of as much as 410 miles (660 kilometres).
It delivers 430 horsepower and might go from zero to 60 mph (about 100 kph) in 4.5 seconds. In accordance with Lucid, the EV can replenish 150 miles of vary in about 12 minutes on the DC charger.
“The brand new Lucid Air Pure RWD has all of it; model and expertise, vary and efficiency, house and practicality,” says Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO of Lucid. “I’m delighted that essentially the most accessible Air surpasses the vary of some other electrical automobile from some other model. With a beginning worth of $77,400, I consider that this new addition to the Lucid Air line-up is the automobile so many have been ready for.”
Lucid has already began constructing the latest model of its flagship EV, which might now be ordered within the US. It might assist the carmaker attain its manufacturing goal of “greater than 10,000” EVs for the present yr after Lucid lowered it from the beforehand introduced goal of 10,000 to 14,000 autos in Could.
It’s not clear if or when the Air Pure RWD will hit the streets in Europe. In the meantime, the Air Pure AWD, with a price ticket of 109,000 euros (about 115,000 US {dollars}) in Germany, is the most affordable mannequin variant in Europe.
The all-wheel drive prices an additional 5,000 {dollars} within the US, placing the EV at 82,400 {dollars}. Lucid not too long ago lower costs throughout all trim ranges by as much as 12,550 {dollars}. Initially, the provide was alleged to run till the tip of September. However the configurator nonetheless shows the lowered costs.
Lucid says the brand new RWD mannequin “completes the Air mannequin line-up.” The American EV maker additionally gives the variants Touring, Grand Touring, Grand Touring Efficiency, and Sapphire. The latter sells for just below 250,000 {dollars}.
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