Lucid Motors was founded in 2007 under the name Atieva and originally focused on building electric vehicle batteries and powertrains for other vehicle manufacturers.
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20 Facts About Lucid Motors
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Lucid Motors has seen investments from Tsing Capital, Mitsui, Venrock, JAFCO, and others.
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On September 17,2018, Lucid Motors announced that they were in talks with the Public Investment Fund, which is the Saudi Arabian sovereign investment fund, for funding valued at over US$1 billion.
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Lucid Motors began building its first all-electric Air sedans in Arizona in September 2021 and started delivering them to customers in late October.
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Lucid Motors mainly developed battery technology in its early years, but began development of its first car in 2014.
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The full range of models includes Lucid Motors Air Touring, Grand Touring, and Dream Edition versions.
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Lucid Motors has agreed with Mobileye to use their EyeQ4 chips and eight cameras for driver assist features, and will make the car "autonomous ready".
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Lucid Motors is collaborating with Amazon to build in compatibility with Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, allowing drivers to use the voice assistant for navigation, phone calls, media streaming, smart home control, and other activities while driving.
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Lucid Motors Air is used by the character of Samantha Margolis in several episodes of season four of the Amazon Studios TV series Goliath.
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In September 2021, Lucid Motors released the EPA estimated range for both the Dream Edition Air and Air Grand Touring; the Dream Air had a range of 520 miles on a single charge while the Grand Touring offered 516 miles, making the Dream the longest range of any EV rated by the EPA and the Grand Touring the first to top 400 miles in a test drive.
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Lucid Motors unveiled its 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring model in November 2021.
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On May 5,2022, Lucid Motors announced that it was raising prices of the variants of its luxury Air sedan, beginning June 1,2022.
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Lucid Motors Air was named Motor Trend's 2022 Car of the Year, being the first time a brand new car model won the award.
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Lucid Motors teased an electric SUV concept in September 2020 called Project Gravity with only a brief image and short video segment.
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Lucid Motors's car uses the 2170 standard for its lithium-ion battery cells, and supply agreements have been signed with both Samsung SDI and LG Chem.
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Lucid Motors partnered with Electrify America to use their nationwide charging network as an option for recharging Lucid's electric vehicles on the road.
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In December 2019, Lucid Motors broke ground on a factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, the first greenfield facility for EV manufacturing in the United States.
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On February 28,2022, Lucid Motors announced a long-term plan to build a new manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia with the capability of producing 150,000 vehicles per year.
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Lucid Motors has partnered with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia, The Saudi Industrial Development Fund, and the King Abdullah Economic City.
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Lucid Motors was selected, the government said, because the company is setting up a full production factory in Saudi Arabia—its first international manufacturing plant, which is aiming to produce 150,000 cars annually.
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