Luxurious electrical car (EV) maker Lucid Motors holds the crown for a number of the longest-ranged autos with the Air sedan, and a current vary take a look at of the 2025 mannequin yr model of the car’s Grand Touring trim confirmed it reaching effectively over 500 miles earlier than the battery dies.
In an episode of Out of Spec critiques shared over the weekend, Kyle Conner managed to drive the 2025 Lucid Air Grand Touring effectively over 500 miles, making it the longest-range EV the channel has ever examined. Conner was driving the car with 19-inch aero wheels ( though it was delivered with 21-inch wheels), and utilizing the studio’s regular 70 mph freeway vary loop.
By the tip of the freeway vary take a look at, Conner was utilizing solely dim parking lights to avoid wasting a little bit of the 12-volt battery, already having surpassed 520 miles and nonetheless going.
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In one other current episode, Conner and fellow Out of Spec host Jordan Schiefer famous that the Lucid Air can be the corporate’s newest long-term assessment car, so we are able to count on to see much more of the sedan within the coming months.
The Air Grand Touring is Lucid’s highest-ranged configuration of the sedan, in addition to the second-most costly behind the ultra-luxury Sapphire trim. The 2025 Grand Touring is priced beginning at $112,400, whereas the Sapphire begins at $250,500. The Pure and Touring trims are $71,400 and $80,400, respectively.
The 2025 version of the Grand Touring trim is rated for 480 miles of vary, whereas the Touring and Pure are rated for 382 and 365, respectively. The upgrade-level Sapphire is rated for 427 miles.
Whereas the Lucid Air is the primary of the EV maker’s autos, the corporate is anticipated to start manufacturing of the Gravity SUV this yr. Lucid CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson drove the first pre-production Gravity off the corporate’s manufacturing line in Casa Grande, Arizona in late July.
Lucid is majority-owned by the Saudi Public Funding Fund (PIF), which holds a 59.4 p.c stake within the U.S. firm headquartered in Newark, California. Final month, the EV maker additionally gained an extra $1.5 billion dedication from the PIF, anticipated to assist the corporate progress towards profitability within the coming years.
The automaker additionally constructed the first EV manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia final yr, and it constructed round 800 items on the plant by the tip of the yr.
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