After the Air Grand Touring Performance, which draws 1,050 hp from its two engines, Lucid goes one step further in its attempt to dominate the market for electric family cars, offering its customers the Air Sapphire, who performed in Pebble Beach, California. If there is little or no news on the outside, inside the conversation is different, with more power and a greater number of engines.
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Unlike today’s more powerful versions of Lucid Air, Sapphire mounts three motors instead of two, with two of them installed at the rear, one per wheel, in order to optimize stability and acceleration behavior. But the presence of the three units was used to raise total power to 895 kW/1217 hpwhich will certainly make the model faster and faster. The goal is to ensure that the Lucid Air Sapphire can outperform the Tesla Model S Plaid, which recently outperformed its compatriot (then in the Dream Edition Performance version, with 1,126 hp) in a starter test, alongside the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, the latter by an even wider margin.
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Aside from announcing the engine and its power, Lucid didn’t release much more about the Sapphire during the Pebble Beach event. But everything indicates that you will have a battery installed with a total capacity of 120 kWh, 112 useful kWh. We will have to see what autonomy the new version will announcewhose weight must exceed 2.4 tons.
Sapphire’s interior allowed Lucid to take another step forward in the refinement chapter.
The proof that the Air Sapphire will be the fastest of the Lucid models is in the less than 2 seconds that the manufacturer advertises as needing to go from 0 to 96 km/h (0-60 mph), which puts it on the same level as the Model S Plaid, or even a little better. The increased acceleration capability is also reflected in the ¼ mile standstill, which Lucid claims it can beat in less than 9 seconds. The estimated maximum speed is not yet known, but everything indicates that these values should put the Air Sapphire in the race for leadership among the sports family.
Air Sapphire mechanics, with three motors, two of them on the rear axle
He too suspensions have been reviewed and adapted to the higher power, installing stiffer springs and more robust and rigid armrests, to prevent uncontrolled movements of the chassis. The brakes were made carbon-ceramic, already guessing the higher effort and warm-up that comes with increased power. ABS and traction control have also been modified. to the new reality.
The Air Sapphire will begin production in first half of 2023, believing Lucid possible to fix the problems on the production line that have prevented him from making his vehicles in the desired quantity by then. The price, in the USA and without taxes, will start on the $249,000.
Source: Observadora
