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Lucid launches a faster, more expensive version of its flagship EV



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Lucid Motors announced Tuesday a high-performance companion to its long-awaited Lucid Air luxury sedan: a 1,050-horsepower grand tourer with a 446-mile range.
The $179,000 Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance Model will arrive in June, following customer deliveries of the automaker’s long-awaited flagship model, the 819-horsepower Lucid Air Grand Touring full-size sedan that can travel up to 520 miles on a single charge.
As the longest-range, fastest-charging EV on the market, the Lucid Air Grand Touring model already posts impressive performance numbers, accelerating from 0 to 60 miles per hour in three seconds flat. Lucid said Tuesday that the dual-motor, high-performance version makes the trip in 2.6 seconds, nearly half a second quicker. Both models come with an ultra-fast 900 volt+ charging system that can add 300 miles to the battery in 21 minutes at a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger.
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