Lucid suggests Gravity would be the electrical SUV vary king

Lucid on Tuesday revealed a couple of extra particulars concerning its upcoming Gravity electrical SUV—and it’s promising to shake up the world of electrical SUVs a lot in the identical manner it has with its range- and efficiency-topping Air sedan.  

The Gravity will probably be constructed on the identical platform and underpinnings of the Air, and despite the fact that it is going to comply with a taller type, Lucid says that the SUV will supply “extra vary than another EV in the marketplace—aside from its stablemate, Lucid Air.”

At current, Lucid Air driving vary spans as much as 516 EPA miles in its Grand Touring guise, whereas even the bottom Pure and mid-range Touring variations detailed at present attain 425 miles and 410 miles, respectively, in dual-motor type. 

In 2020, Lucid teased Mission Gravity (above), a drivable idea car that previewed the design path of the SUV. At the moment Lucid design VP Derek Jenkins instructed Inexperienced Automotive Reviews that the design was nonetheless very a lot a piece in progress because the crew aimed to search out the correct stability between a raised driving place, cargo house, and functionality, whereas protecting it aerodynamically optimized at pace.

Primarily based on the set of considerably obscured photos launched with this announcement, it’s clear that the roofline and profile of the car have modified considerably since then

Lucid guarantees that the Gravity will supply next-generation Glass Cockpit shows, a brand new era of its interface, and “a beforehand unattainable mixture of supercar efficiency and seating for as much as seven adults.”

“It’s each a supercar in disguise and an SUV with versatile passenger and cargo house that appears impossibly massive relative to the outside dimension of the car,” said design VP Derek Jenkins in a press launch. 

The Gravity will probably be provided in two- or three-row configurations, with seating for 5, six, or seven. Primarily based on the scale of the Air, we count on the Gravity to match very carefully with the Tesla Mannequin X can also be provided in five-, six-, or seven-passenger configurations, and it begins at $122,190 in its normal dual-motor type, with a 351-mile vary and claimed 3.8-second 0-60 mph time. The tri-motor Mannequin X Plaid has a 333-miles vary score and claimed 2.5-second 0-60 mph time, at a value of $140,190.

Reservations are set to open in early 2023 for the U.S. and Canada, and the announcement confirms {that a} reveal of the ultimate design will occur then. In the meantime, the corporate says that it’s at the moment “finalizing the car design and specs.”

Lucid says that the Gravity is due for manufacturing in 2024 at its Arizona manufacturing facility.