{"id":36119,"date":"2022-11-15T12:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36119"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:04:12","slug":"1137847_lucid-air-touring-425-miles-smaller-battery-than-model-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=36119","title":{"rendered":"Lucid Air Touring bows: 425 miles with smaller battery than Model S"},"content":{"rendered":"

California’s Lucid has delivered the first example of its Air Touring, while confirming important details of this new version of its electric luxury sedan.<\/p>\n

In a press release confirming the start of deliveries, Lucid said further development has reduced the coefficient of drag (Cd) of new Air models to 0.197, which the company claims is a record for production cars. It puts the Air slightly ahead of the Tesla Model S and Mercedes-Benz EQS, both at around 0.20. The Lightyear 0 claims a 0.175 Cd, but it hasn’t started production yet and will be built in much lower volumes.<\/p>\n

Slotting below the base Air Pure and Air Grand Touring models Lucid had already been building, the Air Touring has a 620-hp dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain enabling 0-60 mph in a factory-estimated 3.4 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Lucid Air Stealth Look<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Range hasn’t been EPA-confirmed, but Lucid estimates 425 miles from its 18-module Long-Range Battery Pack. At 4.62 miles per kwh, Lucid says the Air Touring matches the Grand Touring model’s efficiency at a lower price point\u2014one that at present more directly matches up versus the Tesla Model S. The Touring starts at $108,900 with the $1,500 destination charge, compared to $155,500 for the Grand Touring.<\/p>\n

That also works out to more range than the 405-mile maximum of the Tesla Model S, on what is likely a smaller battery pack than the 95-kwh usable-capacity Model S pack. For now, pricing for a non-Plaid comes in slightly lower than the Air Touring at $109,190.<\/p>\n

Lucid also confirmed a 410-mile range for the dual-motor all-wheel drive Air Pure, which is even better than the 406 anticipated up until now, along with a 3.8-second 0-60 mph time. Lucid started building these cars in September and aims to introduced a single-motor rear-wheel drive version in 2023. Pricing starts at $88,900 with destination. All-wheel drive is a $5,500 option, bringing the price up to $94,400.<\/p>\n

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Lucid Air Stealth Look<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Completing the lineup is the Air Sapphire, which Lucid claims is the most powerful sedan in the world<\/a>, with an output of over 1,200 hp from a tri-motor powertrain. That will get the Sapphire from 0-60 mph in 1.89 seconds, 0-100 mph in 3.87 seconds, and to a top speed of 205 mph, Lucid claims. Unveiled in August, Lucid said the Sapphire is now undergoing final tuning, with production scheduled to start in the first half of 2023.<\/p>\n

Lucid has faced a slow ramp-up due to supply-chain issues that have affected the entire auto industry. In August it halved its 2022 production estimate<\/a> to between 6,000 and 7,000 cars, but there’s still no shortage of orders and interest from customers.<\/p>\n

In addition to ramping up Air production, Lucid has begun rolling out a promised home charging station. It began taking orders last month, claiming the home charger will add up to 80 miles per hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

California’s Lucid has delivered the first example of its Air Touring, while confirming important details of this new version of its electric luxury sedan. In a press release confirming the start of deliveries, Lucid said further development has reduced the coefficient of drag (Cd) of new Air models to 0.197, which the company claims is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}