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Lucid’s next car will be a smaller, sub-$50k electric crossover
Could this be the American start-up’s breakthrough car?
A new Lucid is coming, and it’ll be the cheapest and mass-markety one yet. At the company’s tech and manufacturing day – for announcements, not so everyone can chip in on the production line – Lucid revealed its third car would be a... Medium electric crossover.
A Medium electric crossover that’ll be on the roads in 2026, and will cost less than fifty thousand American dollars. A sub-$50k midsize car? That’s a very profitable pool to swim in. Think Tesla Model Y.
It’s early stages of course, and the company noted how the new crossover “will use the efficiency and cost advantages enabled by Lucid technology to deliver the same range as competitors while using a smaller battery”.
That tech centres around the company’s next-gen ‘Atlas Drive Unit’ – confirmed for this new crossover and any other cars spun off the midsize platform – which is essentially a mini-me of the one currently in use.
Could this be the American start-up’s breakthrough car?
A new Lucid is coming, and it’ll be the cheapest and mass-markety one yet. At the company’s tech and manufacturing day – for announcements, not so everyone can chip in on the production line – Lucid revealed its third car would be a... Medium electric crossover.
A Medium electric crossover that’ll be on the roads in 2026, and will cost less than fifty thousand American dollars. A sub-$50k midsize car? That’s a very profitable pool to swim in. Think Tesla Model Y.
It’s early stages of course, and the company noted how the new crossover “will use the efficiency and cost advantages enabled by Lucid technology to deliver the same range as competitors while using a smaller battery”.
That tech centres around the company’s next-gen ‘Atlas Drive Unit’ – confirmed for this new crossover and any other cars spun off the midsize platform – which is essentially a mini-me of the one currently in use.
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Auto Focus review of the Lucid Air Pure
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How good does the Lucid Air police cruiser look on steel wheels?
Lucid confirms California Highway Patrol has been testing its slippery EV saloon
Lucid has released some images of its Air saloon in a full police-spec livery having confirmed that it recently participated in California Highway Patrol vehicle testing. Our first thought? Boy does it look good on those black steel wheels.
The Californian carmaker shared the images on X (do we still have to say formerly Twitter?) and asked whether the world reckoned the Air would make a good police cruiser. At $249,000 a pop the Air Sapphire might be a little expensive for law enforcement duty, but with 1,234bhp and 1,430lb ft of torque it would make catching crims that little bit easier. We can’t see many getaway cars being able to match a 0-60mph time of 1.9 seconds.
Lucid hasn’t given much info about the vehicle it supplied to the California Highway Patrol, but it’s more likely that it’d be based on the Air Pure with its starting price of $69,900, 430bhp and 420 miles of EPA-estimated range. Stick some steel wheels on the configurator and bring that car to the UK already.
Lucid confirms California Highway Patrol has been testing its slippery EV saloon
Lucid has released some images of its Air saloon in a full police-spec livery having confirmed that it recently participated in California Highway Patrol vehicle testing. Our first thought? Boy does it look good on those black steel wheels.
The Californian carmaker shared the images on X (do we still have to say formerly Twitter?) and asked whether the world reckoned the Air would make a good police cruiser. At $249,000 a pop the Air Sapphire might be a little expensive for law enforcement duty, but with 1,234bhp and 1,430lb ft of torque it would make catching crims that little bit easier. We can’t see many getaway cars being able to match a 0-60mph time of 1.9 seconds.
Lucid hasn’t given much info about the vehicle it supplied to the California Highway Patrol, but it’s more likely that it’d be based on the Air Pure with its starting price of $69,900, 430bhp and 420 miles of EPA-estimated range. Stick some steel wheels on the configurator and bring that car to the UK already.
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Everything I LOVE and HATE about my Lucid Air Touring! - The Middle Lane
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Lucid Gravity production starts
Lucid started taking orders for the Gravity, its first SUV, in early November. About one month later, the company is proudly announcing that production for the Gravity has commenced at its factory in Arizona, in line with its previous promise that this would happen by the end of this year.
Lucid says the Gravity's "combination of space for seven passengers and their luggage, more than 708 km of range and outstanding performance redefines all expectations" - for an SUV, we assume.
Lucid started taking orders for the Gravity, its first SUV, in early November. About one month later, the company is proudly announcing that production for the Gravity has commenced at its factory in Arizona, in line with its previous promise that this would happen by the end of this year.
Lucid says the Gravity's "combination of space for seven passengers and their luggage, more than 708 km of range and outstanding performance redefines all expectations" - for an SUV, we assume.
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Lucid's Gravity SUV gets official EPA range and it's higher than expected
Last week Lucid started the production of its Gravity SUV, about a month after the company started taking orders for it.
Today a new piece of the Gravity puzzle has finally been revealed: its official EPA-estimated range. So far Lucid has always promised the car would get a range "surpassing 708 km", so you may have been wondering by how much.
Not a lot, it turns out, but the Gravity still scored a very respectable 724 km in the EPA's testing. Keep in mind that this is achieved while the car also gives you over 800 hp and up to 3,398 l of total usable cargo space, including the frunk.
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Last week Lucid started the production of its Gravity SUV, about a month after the company started taking orders for it.
Today a new piece of the Gravity puzzle has finally been revealed: its official EPA-estimated range. So far Lucid has always promised the car would get a range "surpassing 708 km", so you may have been wondering by how much.
Not a lot, it turns out, but the Gravity still scored a very respectable 724 km in the EPA's testing. Keep in mind that this is achieved while the car also gives you over 800 hp and up to 3,398 l of total usable cargo space, including the frunk.
Lucid's Gravity SUV gets official EPA range and it's higher than expected
It turns out the company was underpromising.
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Why It's Hard to Make Cars | EP1 Lucid Gravity - savagegeese
This is the intro video to our fine print series on engineering and making a car from the ground up. In this video, we talk with Lucid's CEO and CTO to discuss what it is like to start a car company and the difficulties it presents.In other episodes, we dive deep into how engineers from different departments make each part of the car. In future episodes, we will discuss battery, motor, simulation, crash, NVH, infotainment, chassis, and suspension.
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