Lucid Gravity Starts At $80,000, Lucid Air Gets 5-Star Safety Rating

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The Lucid Gravity is Lucid’s new mannequin, its second mannequin. It’s an SUV relatively than a sedan, which is anticipated to make it extra interesting to a bigger portion of the market. Now we now have a couple of extra particulars on the Gravity, in addition to some excellent news about Lucid’s first mannequin, the Air.

Lucid Gravity Pricing

The Gravity is launching with a beginning value of $80,000 (technically, $79,900, earlier than taxes). This ain’t no Tesla Mannequin Y or Honda CR-V competitor. It’s nonetheless solidly within the luxurious class, and can thus have a restricted market. Nonetheless, it’s a fantastic trying luxurious SUV with a number of high-tech and high-quality options, and it may positively assist to chop into the gross sales of enormous pollution-spewing, gas-guzzling luxurious SUVs.

The $80,000 choice is the Touring trim, however a $94,900 Grand Touring trim can be on the market and can be delivered first. The Grand Touring trim comes with 440 miles of vary (greater than twice the vary of my Tesla Mannequin 3) and 800 horsepower.

Manufacturing is meant to begin on the Grand Touring on the finish of this 12 months (2024), whereas manufacturing is meant to begin on the Touring trim on the finish of 2025.

Apparently wanting to capitalize on post-election euphoria and post-election despair, Lucid is opening up orders for the Gravity on November 7 (two days after Election Day within the USA). Present Lucid homeowners get precedence when ordering.

Lucid is assured it’s received successful on its arms, and looking out on the specs, it’s onerous to disagree. “The Lucid Gravity is designed to be the best SUV ever with space for up to seven adults plus all their gear. Lucid Gravity offers up to 120 cubic feet of total usable cargo space, including the frunk. An optional frunk seat can accommodate two adults while the vehicle is parked. (…) An optional three-chamber air suspension adapts to changing terrain, ensuring a smooth and comfortable ride and precise handling.”

Lucid Air Security

Yesterday, Lucid introduced that the Air acquired a security score of a full 5 stars from the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA). That is the general score from the New Automobile Evaluation Program for 2025 and applies to all trims of the Air — the Pure, the Touring, the Grand Touring, and the Sapphire.

The general security score covers frontal crash, aspect crash, and rollover testing.

“Safety has been a top priority from the outset at Lucid and achieving five stars in NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program will give owners further confidence in their Lucid Air,” stated Eric Bach, SVP Product and Chief Engineer at Lucid. “This is a fantastic result, albeit one that was fully expected given the comprehensive engineering process for Lucid Air.”

Certainly. Provided that electrical automobiles essentially have quite a few potential benefits over gas-powered automobiles when it comes to security in addition to the truth that the Lucid Air is firmly within the luxurious automotive market, one would count on Lucid to attain 5 stars. Nonetheless, Lucid provides that it “brought clean-sheet design and engineering to the Air sedan with the goal of securing the highest possible safety ratings,” and it has. “Built from high-strength, lightweight aluminum, Lucid Air features an innovative battery pack design that adds to the overall strength of the car’s structure.” Congratulations to the Lucid crew on the wonderful design. For sure, Lucid homeowners should be pleased with their automobiles.