Count ’em: 520 miles. Enough to travel from San Francisco to San Diego, with enough charge left over to look for parking.
That’s the range the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially tracked Thursday for the long-awaited
The delayed $169,000 luxury EV can make it from Los Angeles to Lucid’s Bay Area headquarters with no stops and miles to spare after only 360 miles. That’s according to
The car was expected to arrive earlier this year, but after COVID and other delays, it’s expected to eventually make it to driveways by the end of 2021. Before the EPA’s official rating, Lucid had downplayed its own range estimate, listing it as 517 miles.
That was mind-blowing enough for an EV world accustomed to ranges closer to
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The many versions of the Air now have complete, official EPA range listings:
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Lucid Air Dream Edition with 19-inch wheels – 520 miles
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Lucid Air Dream Edition with 21-inch wheels – 481 miles
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Lucid Air Dream Edition Performance (19-inch) – 471 miles
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Lucid Air Dream Edition Performance (21-inch) – 451 miles
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Lucid Air Grand Touring (19-inch) – 516 miles
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Lucid Air Grand Touring (21-inch) – 469 miles
The
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For further context, this week another EV received its official range: the Volkswagen ID.4 AWD Pro. The $43,675 electric SUV was determined to have a 249-mile range ahead of its delivery date early next year. The single-motor
But 260 miles is still only half the range of the Lucid Air.