Lucid...SUV!

[redalf]

HERE THEY ARE... LUCID AIR & SUV PICS

Looks pretty conventional, but so does the Air, the interior (and the specs) are really what sets the Air apart, I'm guessing with the extra space of an SUV Lucid will be able to up that interior game a bit more.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Does not look very Aero...

 

[BlindPass]

Looks great.

 

[RobStark]

Does not look very Aero...

I agree. It doesn't look very Prius-e.

 

[Gwgan]

Who’s driving the Model 3?

 

[redalf]

Does not look very Aero...

Given how slippery the Air is rated at, I suspect we'll be surprised by the aerodynamics of the Lucid SUV.

 

[Gwgan]

Who’s driving the Model 3?

I mean this one

 

[redalf]

Who’s driving the Model 3?...I mean this one View attachment 578487

This was a photoshoot of the two Lucid vehicles, presumably the other vehicles are the vehicles of the photo crew or the Lucid staff on site.

 

[Kandiru]

Kiss aerodynamics goodbye, Volvo V90 miscreat cousin?

 

[uujjj2]

Aero is very important for EVs. The most energy you can get overnight out of a 240V charger at home is about 100kWh. (You can put a 200kWh battery in a car, but you can't charge it to full overnight.) You won't get 300mi out of an overnight home charge without very good aero.

At first glance, the boxy rear end of that Lucid SUV looks like it would produce a lot of flow separation, not great for aerodynamics. They must have some tricks up their sleeves. Perhaps the rear isn't as boxy as it looks in blurry cell phone pictures. Perhaps they are doing something with the underbody airflow. Perhaps that's not the final shape. What we know is that Lucid engineers (many of them ex-Tesla people) were able to get a .21 drag coefficient on their first car, so presumably they're not going to do trash aerodynamics on their second car.

 

[RobStark]

You won't get 300mi out of an overnight home charge without very good aero.

Lucid will lose customers who need/want to charge 300mi overnight but gain customers who want more 3rd row headroom, more luggage space, and non jellybean looks.

I know where I place my bets.

 

[uujjj2]

Looking at the underside of that Lucid, I wonder if there's an air channel between the rear bumper and body that allows air from under the car to the area behind the rear hatch. That could reduce the low pressure zone behind the car and also reduce lift. It would be a clever way to get jellybean-like drag numbers with a boxy look.

 

[Altair7]

Wish I could wait until '23 ... I need a new car in the next 6-12 months.

 

[P3dStealth]

They look strange to me... like stretched station wagons. So disappointed.

 

[BlindPass]

They look strange to me... like stretched station wagons. So disappointed.

Less so than most CUV and many SUV’s now.

The X looks like a station wagon that swallowed a mini van, for example. The i-pace and E-Tron are basically raised station wagons.

The Lucid SUV looked more like the Rivian than I anticipated, and the Rivian is as SUV as you’ll find

 

[P3dStealth]

Less so than most CUV and many SUV’s now.

The X looks like a station wagon that swallowed a mini van, for example. The i-pace and E-Tron are basically raised station wagons.

The Lucid SUV looked more like the Rivian than I anticipated, and the Rivian is as SUV as you’ll find

I agree.