Whereas costs for a lot of new and used automobiles proceed to climb, Lucid gives a less-expensive selection for patrons contemplating the Air Grand Touring. Should you can reside with out some high-end options, the luxurious sedan’s value dips to $138,000. Concern not, efficiency followers. The EV’s blistering energy and spectacular vary are nonetheless included at this stage.
What precisely is completely different? Lucid now gives new configurations for the Grand Touring, making previously standard-issue gadgets like DreamDrive Professional, Surreal Sound Professional, and the 21-inch Aero Blade wheels elective. That lowers the worth from $154,000 to $138,000 whereas retaining the bottom Dream Drive and Surreal Sound programs, to not point out different luxurious touches like massaging seats.
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The Grand Touring’s dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain is included at this value level. To refresh your reminiscence, it produces a mixed 819 horsepower (611 kilowatts) with 885 pound-feet (1,200 Newton-meters) of torque. That is sufficient to ship the two.5-ton luxurious sedan to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds lifeless, however in case you’re straightforward on the throttle, there’s sufficient electrical energy within the 112-kWh battery pack to run 516 miles between cost stops. That is an EPA-estimated vary, and it will possibly reclaim 300 miles on a high-speed charger in 21 minutes.
Lucid says the tools change is because of buyer suggestions from people wanting extra flexibility for ordering the Air Grand Touring. At $138,000, it is nonetheless costlier than a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid, however solely simply barely. It is also slower, although context issues right here as a result of no one would name a 3.0-second run to 60 mph gradual. Nonetheless, Lucid completely dominates Tesla in vary, with the Plaid having an EPA-estimated score of 396 miles. The usual Mannequin S with much less energy is just marginally higher at 405 miles.
As for Porsche, probably the most aggressive Taycan power-wise is the Turbo S but it surely nonetheless falls quick at 750 hp. Its vary can also be lower than half the Air Grand Touring’s mark at 222 miles, and Porsche costs the Taycan Turbo S from $187,400.