Lucid Motors will open its first sales studio at its headquarters in Newark, California as part of its overarching direct-to-consumer sales plan. Lucid has plans for 9 studios initially, with many locations already under construction.
Lucid Motors says its Air sedan will be equipped with a long range wide-angle Lidar sensor, the first in a production car.
I don’t praise a lot of cars on their looks. I don’t often smack-talk their looks either if I think they’re super ugly. I think aesthetics are highly subjective, I just don’t like “criticizing for the fun of it,” and, unfortunately, I don’t find many vehicles visually appealing. The Lucid Air, though …
Lucid Motors says it plans a full reveal for the Lucid Air online on September 9 and the start of pre-production at its factory in Arizona by the end of the year.
Last month, Lucid Motors quietly took a pre-production Lucid Air electric sedan on a 400-mile (643 km) drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The run was part range test, part proof of concept, and part PR mission, and went off without a hitch. Then, once the Lucid crew made it to LA?
They charged up, and drove back.
A new video shows the Lucid factory in Arizona under construction. Production is expected to begin later this year.
The first beta engineering prototype Lucid Air hit the streets for the first time in front of an army of elated Lucid employees. The early build represents a milestone for the company as a vehicle that is 95% representative of what will eventually make it into a production vehicle. The company is planning to starting rolling the Lucid Air into production at its newly commissioned factory in Casa Grande, Arizona late next year.
After 3 years of delay, Lucid Motors has begun building its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, thanks to a $1 billion line of funding from Saudi Arabia. Production is expected to begin in about a year.
We haven’t heard much from Aetiva lately, the electric vehicle (EV) technology company from Lucid Motors. That’s for a good reason. It is working harder than ever and just announced a new battery pack for Formula E’s 6th season.
Lucid is one company that would be happy to eat the lunch of the major manufacturers who can’t be bothered to make electric cars. This week, it finally broke ground on its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. David Salguero of Lucid Motors says the plant is on track to begin production of the Lucid Air electric car by late 2020, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
