The new Lucid Air intends to compete with the Tesla Model S
- The production of the Air model of the Lucid brand – 100% electric sedan manufactured in the United States (in Casa Grande in the State of Arizona) with the help of Chinese financing – started in September 2021. A volume of 630 copies sold out between September and December 2021. The automaker said it had 13,000 orders for this model and that its US factory capacity had been set at 34,000 cars per year, but that these could be increased in case of significant success of the model. The Lucid Air is intended for worldwide distribution, like the Tesla Model S it intends to compete with.
- Recall that the Lucid Air is a large 4.97 m long 5-door sedan equipped with a 480 hp, 670 hp or 1,080 hp electric motor and a 112 kWh battery allowing a range of 650 km to 837 km depending on the version. The car has rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. Its price in the United States is 169,000 dollars, or 144,000 euros in Europe (estimated price), which places it above a Tesla Model S Plaid which is priced at 130,000 dollars in the United States (for 637 km of autonomy) but below a Mercedes EQS which is priced from 130,000 to 160,000 euros in Europe.
- The Lucid Air (whose company is run by a former Tesla engineer) is therefore at the top of the range of 100% electric cars. This positioning is very different from that of Chinese electric cars, which tend to invest in the low-end and mid-range of electric vehicles, resulting in much larger volumes (the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV was sold in 427,685 units in 2021 in China , making it the best-selling and most produced car in China).
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