Lucid Motors Air + Gravity

[McLaren]

Wow that's small! View attachment 608477

What's crazy is Jalopnik spent some time with the car and said it feels incredibly roomy in the rear.

This is going to be a very interesting car to watch develop.

 

[TexRex]

The 3/4 view of the greenhouse looks so very familiar...

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What does it remind me of?

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Oh yeah...

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Lucid Air spotted on the streets in San Francisco.

 

[Robin]

Looks great out on the streets, reminds me of the new Lincoln Continental but much better looking.

 

[ClydeYellow]

I thought the BMW i8 was retrofuturistic, but this... Come on. This thing looks like it came right out of Cyberpunk2020's manual!

 

[Aphelion]

I thought the BMW i8 was retrofuturistic, but this... Come on. This thing looks like it came right out of Cyberpunk2020's manual!

Have to agree, looks like the 80's idea of 2017.

 

[Obelisk]

I thought the BMW i8 was retrofuturistic, but this... Come on. This thing looks like it came right out of Cyberpunk2020's manual!

Have to agree, looks like the 80's idea of 2017.

Yet...I love it.

 

[kikie]

Yep, it's a better looking car than the Tesla Model S.

 

[Robin]

Yep, it's a better looking car than the Tesla Model S.

I think Tesla will have to, at some point, introduce an all new second generation Model S pretty soon if they want to stay in a dominant position. They don't have the luxury electric market sewn up anymore.

 

[m8h3r]

Lucid Air spotted on the streets in San Francisco.

Not really sure why I unmuted that video trying to hear the car....

 

[RocZX]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[AudiMan2011]

$60,000 starting price before incentives. Price comes down to $52,500 when the incentives are accounted for.
https://electrek.co/2017/03/15/lucid-motors-air-pricing-range/

 

[Obelisk]

$60,000 starting price before incentives. Price comes down to $52,500 when the incentives are accounted for.
https://electrek.co/2017/03/15/lucid-motors-air-pricing-range/

That's a punch in the gut for the Model S. IIRC, a base S is 60-65k?

 

[RocZX]

 

[Omnis]

Gray'sGarage designed the aero, so Lucid is automatically my favorite EV. I love their interior though. That back seat is just palatial.

 

[Obelisk]

What scares me the most is this thing can go 217 MPH.

 

[Keef]

I think it's dope. Some of Lucid's engineers stopped by OSU last weekend to check out our FSAE car. I didn't realize what they were testing at TRC until the video came out.

 

[AudiMan2011]

235mph high speed run.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/10/the-lucid-air-tops-235-mph-in-new-high-speed-performance-test/

 

[Obelisk]

235mph high speed run.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/10/the-lucid-air-tops-235-mph-in-new-high-speed-performance-test/

Paging @SlipZtrEm as this would make a good article on the home page.

 

[catamount39]

235mph high speed run.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/10/the-lucid-air-tops-235-mph-in-new-high-speed-performance-test/

I hate electric vehicles, but this one is impressive.

 

[m8h3r]

Cars a bit gutted on the inside. I imagine maybe 200ish with the interior.

 

[McLaren]

I imagine it'll be limited around there as well. The car is running some serious rear aero gear during these high speed runs that I don't see making it onto the production car.

 

[Tornado]

I love that 1980s Oldsmobile styling.



Really. Much nicer than Tesla's vague, "Generic Callum Ripoff" shape.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Lucid Motors Holds Takeover Talks With Ford, Sale Possible

 

[Joey D]

The deal ended up falling through.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/report-ford-shoots-down-lucid-motors-buyout-proposition-97026.html

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Lucid Motors closes $1 billion deal with Saudi Arabia to fund electric car production

Genuinely excited about this! Have really liked the design of the Air and Telsa really, really needs some competition.

edit: I didn't realize this, but Lucid's has a very talented designer in the form of ex-Mazda design chief Derek Jenkins, who was responsible for the ND Miata and most other contemporary Mazdas. No wonder the Air looks good.

Edit: Is it also crazy that Lucid's HQ is less than 2,000ft from Tesla's Fremont site? I feel like that's a little crazy.

 

[Obelisk]

Edit: Is it also crazy that Lucid's HQ is less than 2,000ft from Tesla's Fremont site? I feel like that's a little crazy.

Maybe that one is intentional.

I am legitimately looking forward to these things hitting the road.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Will be interesting to see the factory start production. Local government is voting today to approve a grant that would help with road construction where the factory will be built.

https://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_g...cle_1df226d2-1855-5532-bea2-ac65d796f0a4.html

 

[Joey D]

I'll be so happy once Tesla gets out of the news and companies like Lucid take over. Tesla makes sub-par vehicles (at least quality wise) and is ran by a complete asshat. Lucid seems more with it and per my buddy who works for them, they don't treat their employees like trash (he's an engineer though, I'm not sure about the line workers).