Ever since we created the best Lucid Air Gift Guide on the internet, we have been asked over and over about the level of luxury found in Lucid Motors vehicles. It is one of the most common questions people ask. In this article, we cover just a few of the reasons we think Lucid Motors is a top luxury contender in the industry.
Lucid Motors is a highly innovative electric car company headed by Peter Rawlinson, formerly the chief engineer of the Tesla Model S sedan. This new company’s products currently come in the form of a single sedan called the Air. The Lucid Air is available in various trim levels, from the base Pure, to the highest-performing model, the Sapphire.
Some people see similarities to Tesla years ago, with the Lucid brand today. Even though Tesla’s first car was a low-volume sports car, the first truly mass-produced model was the high-end Model S sedan. Tesla wanted to prove to the world that an electric car could be desirable. Tesla definitely achieved that goal. Similar to Tesla, Lucid Motors has introduced a high-end luxury sedan that is intended to improve on the original concept of the Model S.
At a time when the world is in love with SUVs and crossovers, why would Lucid Motors introduce a luxury sedan instead of an SUV? Lucid decided on the sedan as the first model because it was the package that allowed them to make the most out of the technologies available and achieve the most desirable goals. They wanted to beat everyone at almost everything from the start. The Lucid Air sedan achieved the best aerodynamic efficiency, range, and performance numbers in the industry upon its release. It is also widely considered to be the most luxurious luxury EV and arguably the most luxurious car in the world.
A Lucid Motors luxury SUV called the Gravity is expected to arrive in 2024 as a second Lucid Motors model.
The Lucid Motors brand is currently a top-tier luxury brand because it fulfills the current luxury sedan buyers’ needs as an EV and a vehicle in general. Luxury as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort. What we see as luxury in the automotive world is a vehicle that does not make the owner feel like they are missing out on something that another car offers. It’s a car that does a great job of checking all of the boxes. A luxury car doesn’t do one thing in exchange for another. This definition easily describes the Lucid Air and so far, the Lucid Motors company.
The luxury car standard has previously always been the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The S-Class provides mountains of innovative technology, cutting-edge luxury features, incredible performance, and a quiet comfortable ride. Lucid Motors takes all of this luxury a step further.
The current Lucid Motors product, the Lucid Air, is the most aerodynamic production car in the world due to the extreme attention paid to exterior design. It has achieved a drag coefficient of just 0.197. The Lucid Air features sustainably sourced and innovative materials in the interior.
The leather comes from the only carbon-neutral leather producer in the world and the wood trim pieces are sustainably harvested. Even the fabrics used in the interior are made of recycled material.
Lucid Motors’ luxury extends beyond the craftsmanship and materials. It goes into how you experience the car itself. It offers a design package that a car like the S-Class can’t beat because of the Lucid’s electric drivetrain. The Lucid Air offers interior passenger space similar to that of the S-Class but an exterior footprint that is closer to the smaller E-Class sedan. It does this without sacrificing cargo space. In fact, it has even more cargo space than an S-Class because it lacks an engine under the hood and has two deep levels of trunk space because there is no exhaust system in the way. That is luxury!
The Mercedes S-Class is famous for being an extremely quiet luxury cruiser but the Lucid has an inherent advantage over it because it’s a luxury EV. The Lucid Air has no combustion engine producing sounds that require muffling out. It has no gear changes from the transmission that needs to be softened so the passengers don’t feel them. The Lucid Air inherently operates more quietly and more smoothly than an S-Class or any other luxury vehicle with a combustion engine ever could.
Like a true luxury car company, Lucid Motors has not sacrificed performance for exceptional ride quality in the Lucid Air. The Air outpowers and out-accelerates any S-Class model and most supercars from a standstill. The Lucid Air Sapphire has over 1,200 hp and can hit 60 mph in under 2 seconds all while the driver gets pushed back into the massaging seats.
As an EV, the Lucid Motors Air sedan gives the owner more of the traditional benefits of luxury electric vehicles than any of the competition. The Air offers more space to store items throughout the vehicle, more rear-seat legroom, and more range thanks in large part to the superior aerodynamic efficiency. The maximum range of a Lucid Air model is an industry-leading distance of over 500 miles on a single charge! It also charges using a 900v charging system. This enables the Lucid Motors vehicles to gain as much as 200 miles of range in as little as 12 minutes. Lucid Motors has already stated that the upcoming Lucid Gravity SUV will also have a superior driving range to any electric SUV on the market upon its debut.
As far as EV technology, equipment, materials, and engineering go, Lucid Motors does not force the owner to compromise on any major aspect of the car. The lack of compromise allows the owner of a Lucid Motors product the ability to not want for more. Similar to a Mercedes S-Class over the decades, it is the closest thing to having it all in a single vehicle. In the automotive world, this is exactly what defines true luxury.
