2024 Lucid Air costs drop, $71,400 Air Pure undercuts Mannequin S

As of Thursday morning, the beginning value of the 2024 Lucid Air Pure is simply $71,400, reflecting a value lower of $7,500 and considerably undercutting essentially the most inexpensive present model of the Tesla Mannequin S for many who don’t require all-wheel drive. 

In the meantime, mid-range Lucid Air Touring fashions have been lower $8,000, to $79,400, and high-end 2024 Air Grand Touring variations, at $111,400, now begin $1,000 decrease than their posted price previous to the worth drop. 

The entry value for these looking for all-wheel drive is decrease, too, in what quantities to a better-equipped automotive. Whereas the 2023 Lucid Air Pure was accessible with AWD for $5,000 extra, for a value of $83,900, the 2024 Air Pure is rear-wheel drive solely. Nonetheless, the Air Touring consists of it for $79,900. 

To check with the closest competitors, the Tesla Mannequin S, together with dual-motor all-wheel drive and carrying a 405-mile vary score, now begins at $76,380. 

2024 Lucid Air

2024 Lucid Air

2024 Lucid Air

Third mannequin 12 months main the pack in EV vary

The Air Pure, in its base spec, gives a driving vary of 410 miles—increased than any Tesla Mannequin S model—whereas the 2024 Air Touring mannequin gives as much as 411 miles. Whereas these variations each use an 18-module battery pack with as much as 92 kwh, the Grand Touring makes use of a 22-module battery pack at 112 kwh and is sweet for as much as a projected 516 miles of vary, in line with Lucid. 

That alerts what’s shaping as much as be a 3rd mannequin 12 months wherein the Lucid Air not solely tops Tesla in vary however is the longest-range EV available on the market. The Air was Inexperienced Automobile Stories’ Finest Automobile To Purchase when it arrived, for its game-changing propulsion effectivity, speedy charging, and tech-forward however heat and welcoming reinterpretation of luxurious. 

2024 Lucid Air

The Air could make road-trip charging stops very brief. The Pure, Touring, and Grand Touring can add 200 miles of vary in as little as 17, 15, and 12 minutes, respectively. Official 0-60 mph acceleration figures for the three Lucid Air fashions are spectacular, too, at 4.5, 3.4, and three.0 seconds, respectively, from total outputs of 430, 620, and 819 hp. 

Whereas not reaching the super-sports tier of the top-performance tri-motor Lucid Air Sapphire, they don’t have a price ticket anyplace near that model’s $250,500. 

2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring

2024 Lucid Air will get $1,000 residence charging allowance

Beginning with 2024, Lucid consists of 2 years or 24,000 miles of complimentary scheduled upkeep. It has dropped the two years of free Electrify America road-trip charging and now gives a $1,000 charging allowance with the Air towards “the Lucid charging accent of the shopper’s selecting.” 

That emphasis on residence charging displays a actuality that the majority EV drivers—particularly these with premium EVs and locations to park them in a storage or driveway—cost at residence. Contemplating that Lucid is among the many automakers quickly to supply compatibility with Tesla Supercharger areas and different networks utilizing the NACS port along with its present CCS half, it could additionally underscore that there are different fast-charging selections.