Lucid Confirms Work On Three New Midsize EVs

Lucid is moving connected a caller exemplary to rival the Tesla Model Y that’ll beryllium priced astatine nether $50,000. However, this isn’t the lone ‘entry-level’ EV it’s moving on, arsenic the carmaker has revealed determination are 2 different accessible models connected the horizon.

Chief enforcement Peter Rawlinson has spoken rather openly astir Lucid’s planned Model Y rival but small has been said astir its different models. During a caller interrogation astatine Monterey Car Week, elder vice president of Design and Brand astatine Lucid Motors, Derek Jenkins, noted the firm’s “mid-size program” volition dwell of “three vehicles.”

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The 2nd of these caller models is wide expected to beryllium a sedan akin successful size to the Tesla Model 3. In summation to competing with the astir fashionable electrical sedan, it’ll besides person to fend disconnected alternatives similar the Hyundai Ioniq 6, Polestar 2, and BMW i4. Then there’s the 3rd model.

Jenkins did not uncover what signifier this exemplary volition take. However, helium dashed immoderate hopes of it being an property oregon presumption wagon, stating there’s simply not capable maturation successful this conception to warrant processing it.

“Certainly, we’ve explored it,” helium told CarBuzz. “Air is simply a bully format for that, but I don’t deliberation that we tin warrant that going forward, astatine slightest not now. Everyone, myself, each the engineers, we’re each immense wagon fans. I’ve owned a clump of Audi wagons implicit the years, and I emotion that stuff. But, you know? It’s adjacent a dying segment, adjacent successful Europe. The enthusiasts deliberation show wagons are awesome, but there’s inactive nary factual grounds that there’s maturation there. I don’t spot america going retired connected that limb.”

An country Lucid does look unfastened to is the satellite of much rugged SUVs. According to Jenkins, “the off-road abstraction is going to proceed to morph and evolve” and “you get the payment of thing that is ever truthful somewhat sleeker and ever truthful somewhat car-like to get the efficiency, some the abstraction and the aero efficiency, but you ruggedize it to springiness you a small spot much of that robustness and durability.”

Does this mean Lucid could make thing akin to the Rivian R3X? Let’s anticipation so.