Lucid Air Enters Production At Arizona Factory

Lucid Motors has announced that its first car the Lucid Air has entered production at its Casa Grande facility in Arizona. The first consumer-grade Dream Edition vehicles are rolling off from the assembly line as the company kickstarts its production preview events which will feature customers, media, investors and, policymakers. The idea for these events is for everyone to see the new car and the advanced manufacturing plant and the Lucid Powertrain Manufacturing. 

"The first customer-quality Lucid Air luxury electric sedans rolled off the assembly line today during the event at AMP-1, which included a factory commissioning ceremony with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. Governor Ducey joined other policymakers and invited guests in highlighting Lucid's local job creation and economic development, increase in high-tech manufacturing footprint, and plans for future expansion in the state. Lucid's Arizona manufacturing facilities are expected to bring a projected economic output (direct, indirect, and induced) of $9 billion to the state in 2024, as well as a projected 15,000 jobs annually (direct, indirect, and induced) by 2024. During the event, customers, analysts, investors, and members of the media were also given the opportunity to be some of the first to test-drive the Lucid Air," Lucid Motors announced. 

The Dream Editon has the highest range for an EV 

Lucid Motors is on schedule to have deliveries begin in October with over 13,000 reservations for the Lucid Air. The Dream Edition was recently rated by the EPA as having the highest range of any EV it had tested at 837 km. There are only 500 Dream editions available which were fully reserved, though Lucid Motors added another 20 units in honour of its range in miles (520 miles) after the EPA rating came out. 

"The proprietary EV technology that Lucid has developed will make it possible to travel more miles using less battery energy. For example, our Lucid Air Grand Touring has an official EPA rating of 516 miles of range with a 112-kWh battery pack, giving it an industry-leading efficiency of 4.6 miles per kWh. Our technology will allow for increasingly lighter, more efficient, and less expensive EVs, and today represents a major step in our journey to expand the accessibility of more sustainable transportation. I'm delighted that production cars endowed with this level of efficiency are currently driving off our factory line," said Lucid Group CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson.