Lucid Air Dream Edition Premium Electric Sedan with Tesla Rivalry
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Het bereik van bepaalde Lucid Air-modellen volgens WLTP is als volgt:Grand Touring 19" / 20" /21" (gecombineerd): 839 km / 792 km / 783 kmTouring 19" / 20" / 21" (gecombineerd): 725 km / 660 km / 648 kmPure RWD 19" / 20" (gecombineerd): 747 km / 708 kmHet bereik van de Lucid Air is gebaseerd op de WLTP-procedure (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedure). Er zijn geen NEDC-waarden beschikbaar voor dit voertuig.De WLTP-waarden zijn gebaseerd op tests van het voertuig met standaarduitrusting, exclusief opties. Het energieverbruik en bereik van een voertuig worden mogelijk benvloed door de installatie van uitrustingsopties en accessoires, en door factoren zoals het weer, verkeersomstandigheden en rijgedrag.Meer informatie over het officile brandstofverbruik, de officile specifieke CO2-emissies en het elektriciteitsverbruik van nieuwe personenauto's is beschikbaar in de gratis gids op de website van de RWD, op https://opendata.rdw.nl/.
Indien aangesloten op DC-snelladers. Daadwerkelijke prestaties zijn afhankelijk van de voertuiguitrusting en oplaadomstandigheden.
De getoonde prijzen zijn inclusief btw, lokale belastingen en andere van toepassing zijnde belastingen en heffingen. Exclusief opties. Prijzen kunnen zonder voorafgaande kennisgeving worden gewijzigd.
Alleen beschikbaar in de Grand Touring-uitvoering.
Optionele functie beschikbaar voor geselecteerde modellen.
DreamDrive en het veiligheidssysteem van de Air zijn een aanvulling op en geen vervanging van zelfstandig rijden. Ze zijn niet bedoeld om spiegels of de aandacht van de bestuurder te vervangen en er mag niet volledig op vertrouwd worden om ongevallen te vermijden.
Experience a superior long range electric sedan from $96,800 CAD1
Price for Pure RWD. Pricing includes $2,000 CAD Destination Fee, $200 CAD Documentation Fee and $100 CAD Federal Air Conditioning Tax. Excludes Federal Luxury Tax, sales tax, and provincial levies & fees. Please contact your local Lucid Studio directly or by phone for total/all-in pricing for your specific province.
Official NRCan range ratings when equipped with 19 wheels: 661 Touring/660 Pure AWD. Manufacturers projected range for Pure RWD when equipped with 19 wheels is 660; official NRCan range is 674. Manufacturer's projected range for '24 Grand Touring is 805 km; official NRCan range will be provided when available. Official NRCan range for Sapphire equipped with standard wheel covers is 687 (vehicle shown here without wheel covers). Actual range will be dependent on many factors, including battery age, driving habits, charging habits, temperatures, accessory use, and other factors as described in the owners manual.
15 minute charge speed estimate only for Grand Touring; all charge speed estimates when connected to 350 kW DC fast charger and equipped with 19 wheels. Actual rates will vary based upon vehicle equipment and charging conditions.
Only achievable with Sapphire trim.
Optional feature available on select trims.
DreamDrive and the Air's safety suite are a supplement to, not a substitution for, attentive driving. They are not meant to replace mirrors or a driver's focused attention, and they should not be relied upon completely to avoid accidents.
The Lucid Air is a luxury electric sedan with the speed and power to rival Tesla
Lucid Motors unveiled its first vehicle, the Lucid Air electric sedan, at a virtual event from the companys Silicon Valley headquarters. The sedan will get up to 517 miles of range, can hit a quarter-mile in under 10 seconds, packs over 1,000 horsepower, and will have a base price of under $80,000 (as long as the federal government sees fit to continue to give out tax credits to EV buyers).
The Lucid Air is over a decade in the making. Founded as Atieva in 2007, the company got its start making high performance batteries for all the Formula E racing teams. It changed its name to Lucid Motors in 2016 with the promise to to make a midsized sedan that feels like a massive, roomy flagship vehicle. The vehicle was supposed to be unveiled at the New York Auto Show earlier this year, but got delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
the Lucid Air is no Model S knockoff
Under direction of the former Tesla Model S lead engineer Peter Rawlinson then Lucid Motors CTO, now its CEO there is a sense in the automotive world that Lucid has the internal knowledge and technical chops to tease Teslas grip as maker of the ultimate electric luxury sedan.
Now well finally find out whether thats true. It seems as if every electric vehicle thats released these days is inevitably held up against Tesla for a comparison. But few electric vehicles have actually Tesla DNA running through their bloodstream. The Lucid Air is one of those vehicles.
Thats not to say the Lucid Air is some Model S knockoff. Far from it, as the Air seems to outperform the Model S in a variety of categories (range, acceleration, charging time). What it means is that the Air was designed by people who claim to have intimate knowledge of Teslas path to global EV domination. Its a familiarity that is sure to intrigue customers with big bank accounts and extra space in their driveway just as much as it appears to annoy Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Musk huffed on Twitter late Tuesday that Rawlinson didnt design Model S.)
Unlike other so-called Tesla killers, though, Lucid Motors has wealthy backers and global reach to successfully challenge Musk. And now, with its first production car out in the open and the announcement that it is officially working on an SUV as a followup, Rawlinsons plan to steal customers from his former employer will finally be put to the test.
Most of the Lucid Airs specs have been announced. The companys media strategy has been to release a new tidbit every week for the past month leading up to the actual unveiling. That way, instead of one story about a new car containing all the relevant information, you get nearly a dozen, each about its own separate feature.
It feels as if we already know a lot about this car even though today is its official public debut. Heck, The Verge went for a ride in an engineering prototype back in 2017.
But in case you havent been following that closely, heres the rundown:
- 113 kWh battery pack
- 517 miles of range under perfect conditions
- 20-miles of range per minute of charging (DC fast charger)
- nearly 60 percent of range in 20 minutes of charging
- 1,080 horsepower
- 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds
- a quarter-mile in 9.9 seconds
- price range of $80,000-$169,000 before incentives, depending on the configuration
- 280-liter frunk (front trunk)
- 32-sensor advanced driving assistance system, including cameras, radar, ultrasonic, and LIDAR
Trim level and pricing are some of the newest bits of information, so lets dive into that for a moment. There will be four versions of the Lucid Air: the base Air for $80,000 (minus tax credits); Air Touring for $95,000; Air Grand Touring at $139,000; and Air Dream Edition at a whopping $169,000 each with its own range, performance specs, and charging estimates.
Like many EV makers, Lucid is hoping to replicate Teslas strategy of selling a lot of really expensive cars in the hopes of making enough money to eventually produce something more mass-market.
Another new feature is Amazons Alexa voice assistant will be natively integrated into the Air. That means drivers will be able to use Alexa to control the vehicles navigation, answer calls, change radio stations, and even link up with their Echo device at home.
Robust voice recognition is more than just a novelty, though. It can be a key element in reducing driver distraction. Being able to toggle between the directions, temperature, and Spotify while keeping my eyes on a road made me a better driver and reduced the likelihood that Id swerve or let my attention wander. Smartphones and digital infotainment systems that invite a lot of scrolling or tapping are obvious distractions, and tech companies need to come up with better ways to mitigate that problem.
The most striking thing about the Air is that its a sedan
The most striking thing about the Air is that its a sedan. The US auto market is currently drowning in big, hulking vehicles, with SUV sales making up nearly 50 percent of all vehicles purchased in 2019. By 2025, experts predict light trucks and SUVs will make up over three-fourths of the US market. But Lucid isnt going after those car buyers at least not yet. (More on that later.)
Lucid isnt the only EV maker to lead with a sedan. Volvo offshoot Polestar recently began delivering its impressively minimalist Polestar 2 sedan to customers in the US. But most new electric vehicles being released are in that light truck and SUV segment, from legacy automakers like Nissan and Cadillac, to new players like Rivian.
Lucid will obviously compete with the Model S. But to hear Rawlinson say it, Tesla is not the companys primary target. The Lucid Air is for someone who has an S-Class Mercedes who says:Tenyears ago, I wouldnt have been that interested in electric. Tesla has piqued my interest, I love what Tesla is doing with electric, but Im not getting out of my Mercedes for a Model S, he told Bloomberg in a recent interview.
Mercedes just released an updated version of its flagship S-Class, with updated technology, including a more advanced version of its voice assistant and partially automated driving systems. But the S-Class still runs on good old fashioned dinosaur sludge, and Mercedes notes that S-Class customers are exactly clamoring for an electric drivetrain. So it remains to be seen whether Rawlinsons bid for Mercedes crown will succeed.
Like many electric vehicle startups, Lucid Motors has experienced ups and downs. The Lucid Air was supposed to go into production in 2018, but the company ran into trouble lining up funding required to build its planned $700 million factory in Arizona. It spent much of 2017-2018 languishing until Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund came along.
To help with the cash crunch, Lucid Motors entered into two separate agreements in 2017 where it used its intellectual property as collateral for loans, asThe Vergeoriginally reported. The company has since broken ground in Arizona in the next few months.
Most media outlets make note of Saudi Arabias $1 billion investment in Lucid Motors. But the full extent of the kingdoms involvement often goes unmentioned. As reported by The Verge, the company gave up majority ownership to Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund in exchange for the $1.3 billion investment it closed last year. That said, it remains unclear exactly what kind of voting rights the various shareholders of the company have.
Saudi Arabia first announced the deal in September 2018 just weeks before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hadWashington Postjournalist Jamal Khashoggi killed. Khashoggis death caused an international uproar and forced some companies (like Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit) towalk away from taking the Kingdoms money.
But Lucid Motors has remained partnered with Saudi Arabia ever since, despite the deal not officially being approved by the US governments Committee on Foreign Investment in the United Statesuntil April 2019. In an interview with The Verge last year, Rawlinson said he believes he can successfully navigate the partnership despite the nations record of human rights abuses.
I think that we can be part of a movement which could catalyze change for good. Thats what I see, Rawlinson said. We have a partnership which is very aligned a partnership with the PIF. Its a strategic partnership. Theyre committed to help us make this change to benefit all mankind. And it will benefit Saudi society.
Its unclear whether Lucid Motors association with Saudi Arabia will help or hurt sales. Clearly Elon Musks long history of controversial actions and statements havent dented his companys financial success.
Lucid is now accepting refundable reservations for the Air $1,000 for the base model, $7,500 for the Dream edition and will begin making deliveries starting in spring 2021. The vehicles will presumedly roll off the assembly at Lucids still-under-construction 820,000 square foot factory in Casa Grande, Ariz.
But the company is already working on its next vehicle, an SUV. (The Verge was first to report this possibility last year.) The push to develop a second car is coming, in part, from Saudi Arabia, according to the people familiar with the companys plans. Sales of larger cars and trucksare through the roof, and major automakers likeAudi,Mercedes-Benz, have followed Teslas lead in developing all-electric SUVs.
An SUV is probably the least shocking next move for Lucid. Based on its price, the Lucid Air is bound to be a niche vehicle, sought by customers who likely already own an electric vehicle (or two). In order to break out and achieve true Tesla-levels of success, the company will need to focus on bringing its prices down in order to make its vehicles accessible to a broader group of customers.
A Lucid Motors take on the Model 3... now that would be something to see.
