Lucid has been making some not-so-subtle hints that one thing even higher lies past its 1,050-hp Air Grand Touring Efficiency and 1,111-hp Dream Version Efficiency fashions, which already rival the efficiency of the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid.
That one thing higher has now been formally revealed at Monterey Automobile Week because the three-motor Lucid Air Sapphire. At 1,200-plus hp, the tri-motor Air Sapphire would be the strongest sedan on this planet, in keeping with Lucid—and sure, that extends to gasoline fashions.
Lucid boasts a 0-60 mph time beneath two seconds, a 0-100 mph time beneath 4 seconds, and a prime velocity over 200 mph—all of which might be sufficient to solidly beat the Mannequin S Plaid on the monitor, earlier than fascinated about dealing with. Given the screaming-loud Dodge electrical muscle automobile introduced earlier this week, different rivals could await on the dragstrip.
Lucid Air Sapphire
Lucid Air Sapphire
Lucid Air Sapphire
Within the Sapphire, a single motor powers the entrance wheels, whereas a brand new twin-motor drive unit powers the rear wheels. As a result of it was a part of the event program, all of the Sapphire’s upgrades no sacrifice rear leg room or trunk/frunk house.
To enrich that, Lucid has added heat-exchanger know-how to the rear drive unit, with a “heightened coolant stream charge,” and it’s upgraded the thermal technique for the battery system.
Moreover, the Sapphire has stiffer entrance and rear springs, stiffer bushings, distinctive damper settings, and totally different tuning for the steering and different core techniques. Carbon-ceramic brakes are included, as are wider wheels and tires. The Aero Sapphire wheels embody detachable aero-disk wheel covers, seemingly to assist aero or air venting.
Lucid Air Sapphire
Lucid says its two-motor association can pivot the rear of the car in the identical manner as a brake-based setup however “quicker, quieter, and extra seamless.” Additional, in tight corners, it permits the system to use regenerative braking on the inside wheel whereas powering the surface one—offering higher outcomes that rear-axle steering techniques, it says.
On the surface, the Sapphire consists of the blacked-out Lucid Air Stealth Look as customary, whereas inside it will get a brand new inside theme known as Sapphire Mojave, with black leather-based plus black Alcantara and Sapphire Blue distinction stitching. The entrance seats present heating, cooling, and therapeutic massage performance, and the Glass Cover roof can also be trimmed in black Alcantara. The headrests embody a Lucid bear brand, as a nod to the model’s California origins.
Lucid Air Sapphire
It additionally options its personal distinctive show display, together with particular efficiency settings and drive modes. In one of many launched images, we see Sapphire mode added above Swift mode, plus dragstrip, scorching lap, and endurance modes, and a lap timer.
Don’t count on fairly the effectivity of a few of the different dual-motor Air fashions right here, which vary as much as 516 miles on a cost. Nonetheless, for a corporation that locations the emphasis on effectivity, don’t be stunned if this all-out efficiency fashions nonetheless beats the environment friendly long-range variations from some rivals.
Lucid Air Sapphire
Lucid calls the Sapphire “only the start, representing the launch of a wholly new performance-focused model inside Lucid,” and it says that Sapphire variations might be supplied for all Lucid fashions shifting ahead.
The Sapphire will value $249,000, earlier than vacation spot, with deliveries as a result of begin subsequent yr for the U.S. and Canada. Reservations for the brand new mannequin go stay subsequent Tuesday, Aug. 23.
