New Mid-size Lucid Earth And Cosmos Crossovers Will Do 0-60 In Under 3.5 Seconds, Start Under $50,000

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Lucid has been teasing its mid-size crossover for good complete a twelvemonth astatine this point, and pinch nan measurement nan the electrical conveyance world has been heading, I was starting to suffer dream we'd really spot them show up. Well, I've sewage bully news: we're yet getting a spot much accusation connected what's successful shop from nan electrical automaker astatine their Investor Day convention successful New York City.

 First of all, it's not conscionable 1 car connected nan horizon. As it conscionable truthful happens, Lucid is readying 3 caller crossovers based connected nan aforesaid platform. So far, we've only sewage 2 names: Cosmos and Earth. Right now, the Newark, California-based automaker is playing nan 3rd vehicle's sanction adjacent to its chest. Unfortunately, we haven't gotten an existent look astatine immoderate of these cars yet, but Derek Jenkins, Lucid's creation and marque elder vice president, talking to america astir immoderate of what we tin expect from nan trio of cars meant to return Lucid into its adjacent chapter.

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Jenkins says nan Cosmos is aimed astatine "upscale nurturers," and it's expected to beryllium some sporty and advanced. The Earth is for "trendsetting achievers," and it's meant to beryllium precocious while splitting nan quality betwixt sporty and functional. The final, unnamed, car is for "active explorers," and it's geared toward nan "outdoor experience" while being precocious and functional. You gotta emotion trading speak.

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While nan 3 cars will each person their ain chopped characteristics, location are immoderate similarities they'll each share. There wasn't a scope number quoted, but Lucid says nan 3 will recreation up to 4.5 miles/kWh, which is really damn bully (the Air Pure tin get up to 5).  Part of that comes down to nan cars' "class-leading" resistance coeficient of 0.22. We tin do immoderate guestimating, though — since nan cars person a 69 kWh battery. Range could extremity up location astir 300 miles, and Lucid says it'll beryllium capable to adhd complete 200 miles of scope successful conscionable 14 minutes erstwhile accelerated charging.

Even though nan Cosmos, Earth and whatever look to beryllium very efficient, Lucid says they'll still do nan sprint from 0-60 mph successful conscionable 3.5 seconds and person nan astir magnitude of cargo measurement successful their people (thanks successful portion to an included frunk), which looks to beryllium astir about nan size of nan Tesla Model Y. 

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Additionally, connected nan inside, there's a azygous centrally located 36-inch surface that'll service arsenic nan driver's gauge cluster and infotainment display. Of course, it has immoderate benignant of built-in AI adjunct that'll decidedly activity each azygous clip you usage it and not beryllium annoying astatine all. While this surface will surely predominate nan space, don't interest — location are immoderate beingness controls, according to Jenkins. That includes real, mechanical doorway handles. How wonderful.

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Mechanically, nan trio of cars tally connected 800-volt architecture person a caller centrifugal from Lucid — called Atlas. Lucid says its nan astir cost-conscious thrust portion successful nan world, and it's 40% much powerfulness dense than its closest-competition. 

While we don't person thing adjacent to pricing specifics yet, Lucid says these cars will commencement correct nether nan $50,000 mark, and accumulation is slated to commencement sometime toward nan of this year. There's nary uncertainty that nan world of EVs is murky astatine champion correct now, but Lucid says its still bullish connected nan early of that market. If nan Cosmos, Earth and insert sanction here tin beryllium as bully arsenic nan Air and Gravity are, I deliberation nan automaker has each correct to beryllium confident.