Enlarge / This is our first official look at the Lucid Gravity, a new electric SUV from the luxury automaker. Lucid
On Tuesday afternoon, Lucid showed off its next electric vehicle, called the Gravity. We've known for some time that the Saudi-backed EV startup was working on an SUV to go with its high-end sedan, the Air, as the prototype has been seen testing in California. But now it's official.
"Gravity builds upon everything we have achieved thus far, driving further advancements of our in-house technology to create a luxury performance SUV like none other. Just as Lucid Air redefined the sedan category, so too will Gravity impact the world of luxury SUVs, setting new benchmarks across the board," said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid's CEO and CTO.
The Gravity will be configurable with either five, six, or seven seats.
The three-row SUV goes into production in 2024, which is why Lucid isn't giving out any details about the new machine other than to say it will have "supercar performance" and more range than any non-Lucid EV. The company will start taking deposits next year, and while we don't have a price for the new EV, given how expensive the Lucid Air sedan is, it's not unreasonable to expect the launch edition to cost around $200,000.
When Lucid was building up publicity in the years leading up to the launch of the Air, it promised a single-motor version with a much more affordable $60,000 price tag. Since then it added a series of more and more expensive Airs to its range, now crowned by the $249,000 Air Sapphire.
The Pure is the entry-level Air, but you'll still need very deep pockets.
But today it announced that production of the rear-wheel drive Air Pure would begin next year, albeit at a significantly higher price than once thought—$87,400. In the meantime, the $92,900 all-wheel drive Air Pure goes into production later in 2022. It features a smaller battery pack than other Airs, using 18 modules instead of 22, for an EPA range of 410 miles (660 km) for the single-motor version.
Lucid says it has also started customer deliveries of the $107,400 Air Touring, which gets 425 miles from the 18-module battery pack, averaging a respectable 4.6 miles/kWh (13.5 kWh/100 km). In the process of developing the Touring, it also reduced the drag coefficient for all Air models down to 0.197.
