Lucid Air is coming to Europe with even more power

If you live in Europe and you were hoping to get your hands on Lucid Air - we've got some great news! Lucid officially confirmed that it will begin sales of the Air model in Europe this June or July at the latest. First to enjoy the Air will be Germany, then Austria closely followed by Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway. Quite a list but with one major market missing - the UK. Due to the extra development required the right-hand-drive Lucid Air has not been confirmed yet but we may hear more about it towards the end of the year with deliveries planned for 2023.

Just like all the automakers out there, whether EV or legacy, Lucid has been heavily hit by supply chain issues. The well reported chip shortages meant it had to lower the production targets from 20,000 down to 12,000 vehicles, this is testing the patience of the 25,000 customers who already ordered one of the cars. How exactly is Lucid going to meet the US market demand with added orders from Europe - we are not sure.

Lucid is planning to build a new factory in Saudi Arabia, by 2026 but that will hardly help the current situation.

Never mind the turbulent times - the future looks bright and powerful. 1,600 hp powerful to be exact. That is what Lucid squeezed into Air in order to obliterate the Tesla Plaid. Whether it will be possible to extract meaningful acceleration difference from the existing chassis - time will tell. Lotus plans to achieve the numbers by using 1.323 hp (986kW) rear “Megawatt” axle with two motors and coupling in with the front motor from the existing setup.

On the paper this will work but in reality we are already deep into diminishing returns territory and shaving off tens of a second comes at a huge price. Still - we can’t wait to see it on the road.

Another thing we can’t wait to see on the road is the Lucid Gravity - an SUV that Lucid has been promising to bring to the market since 2020 and we are hearing that it is going to happen in 2024. What is two more years of waiting, eh?

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