{"id":1766,"date":"2020-09-03T00:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2020-09-03T00:10:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:10:48","slug":"lucid-air-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2020\/09\/03\/lucid-air-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucid Air All-Electric Performance Sedan – Better than Tesla?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tesla isn\u2019t the only electric car brand from California and it\u2019s also no longer the performance leader in electric cars. Actually Porsche already proved the latter fact but even Porsche might get its butt handed to it now. Lucid Motors is an EV upstart from the Left Coast and it\u2019s just released a video of its all-electric performance sedan that\u2019s ready to launch in about a week from today \u2014 the Lucid Air. In this new video, the Air runs a 9.9 second quarter-mile, obliterating a Tesla Model S P100D. And that\u2019s only scratching the surface.<\/p>\n
In this modern era of electric cars, there are a lot of boastful claims, from both legacy brands and new upstarts, that are almost never met in reality. So we\u2019re going to have to wait to see the Lucid Air actually put its money where its mouth is when it debuts on September 9. Having said that, Lucid Motors is confident that it will meet all of its lofty claims and its credentials do suggest that it can.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The Lucid Air is a monstrous electric sedan, with a maximum power output of 1,080 horsepower from two electric motors. But that\u2019s nothing compared to the rest of its specs. Lucid Motors develops its own electric drive units in-house and they\u2019re more advanced than any other on the market.<\/p>\n The ultra-efficient permanent-magnet electric motor used in the Lucid Air is combined with its own inverter, transmission and differential to create a compact drive unit that weights just 163 lbs (74 kg) and, according to Lucid, is small enough to fit into an overhead carry-on bag. Power? Lucid claims each drive unit is capable of 650 horsepower and 20,000 rpm.<\/p>\n