• Pricing for the 2023 Lucid Air has been slashed by hundreds of {dollars} per trim.
• The Air Pure mannequin now begins at $83,900, greater than $5000 cheaper than earlier than, whereas each the Touring and Grand Touring fashions have seen $12,550 minimize from their beginning costs.
• Vacation spot prices additionally drop, from $1650 to $1500.

Luxurious electric-vehicle producer Lucid is formally slicing the costs on its Air electrical sedan. The beginning worth for 2023 Air fashions has been slashed by hundreds of {dollars} per trim, with the biggest cuts arriving for the Touring and Grand Touring fashions.

The twin-motor AWD Air Pure mannequin now begins at $83,900, a $5150 lower from earlier than. The Touring and Grand Touring fashions obtain twice the price lower, with each fashions now beginning $12,550 decrease than earlier than. That works out to a $96,500 worth for the Touring and a $127,100 price out the door for the Grand Touring.

After the EV startup elevated costs final June, these latest reductions carry the Air straight in step with the corporate’s preliminary pricing figures introduced in March 2022. At the moment, the Air Pure’s beginning worth was $78,900, and the Touring’s was $96,500.

Costs We Did not Get (But)

We reached out to Lucid for affirmation on pricing for the rear-drive Pure mannequin scheduled to start availability in September. We requested whether or not the unique 2022 beginning worth of $78,900 could be the brand new worth. The spokesperson would not verify a worth for the mannequin however did state that “We did work again from that unique worth in figuring out pricing for [the] at the moment out there Pure AWD.”

The corporate additionally did not state a brand new worth for the 2024 Grand Touring Efficiency, which is noticeably absent from the Lucid on-line configurator. A spokesperson declined remark when requested, main us to imagine that the top-spec mannequin might not survive to see the 2024 mannequin yr. We obtained a quick style of the Grand Touring Efficiency close to Lucid’s headquarters final spring, whereas additionally placing the common Grand Touring mannequin by means of our testing routine.

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