Lucid on Saturday confirmed a worth drop for many of its Air electrical sedan lineup—one that when once more positions the Air at a considerably decrease bottom-line worth versus that of the Tesla Mannequin S. 

After the worth adjustment, the bottom Lucid Air Pure begins at $83,900 in Twin Motor all-wheel-drive kind, together with the $1,500 vacation spot charge. That mannequin presents an EPA-rated vary of 410 miles with the usual 19-inch wheels—or 384 miles should you step as much as 20-inch wheels.

The bottom Tesla Mannequin S Twin Motor that the majority carefully compares, presently begins at $89,880, together with a $1,390 vacation spot cost, and delivers an EPA-rated 405-mile vary with its commonplace 19-inch wheels or 375 miles with the accessible 21-inch wheels. 

2023 Lucid Air Pure

That leaves room for the rear-wheel-drive Lucid Air Pure Single Motor, at $78,900. Lucid now notes this base Air might be accessible beginning in September. 

Many of the remainder of the Air lineup additionally sees the downward adjustment, with the Air Touring now beginning at $96,500 and the Air Grand Touring beginning at $127,100. Lucid Air Touring fashions make 620 hp and obtain as much as a 425-mile vary, and the Grand Touring fashions make as much as 1,050 hp and hits 516 miles of EPA vary in some variations attributable to their bigger 112-kwh battery pack (versus 92 kwh). 

As Lucid notes, it’s again to the unique pricing for the Air—pricing that was initially positioned to be $71,400 ($69,900 earlier than vacation spot) after the EV tax credit score. After new guidelines it now not qualifies for that on the premise of worth. 

Lucid Air

When introduced, that low base worth appeared to push Tesla CEO Elon Musk to decrease Mannequin S costs for a time, to a degree a lot decrease than they continue to be right now. That was previous to a refreshed 2021 Mannequin S lineup, and a 520+ mile Plaid+ mannequin that by no means arrived. 

Lucid’s 36-month lease costs are dropping, too—to $749 a month on the Air Pure, $1,149 a month for the Touring, and $1,399 a month for the Grand Touring. Lucid was one of many first automakers earlier this 12 months to faucet right into a federal tax credit score of as much as $7,500 that may determine into EV leases, no matter sticker worth or the place the automobile was constructed.

2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring

Lucid continues to replace and overhaul its interface and, as Inexperienced Automobile Stories skilled in a assessment of the highest Air Grand Touring mannequin late final 12 months, its cabin tech and luxury are extra spectacular than that provided by rival fashions—with a number of exceptions that remained works in progress, like its Freeway Help performance. 

There’s no indication the worth lower will apply to the unique tri-motor, 1,200-hp Lucid Air Sapphire. It boasts efficiency numbers that beat these of the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid—at a far greater worth of $250,500.

Lucid Air Sapphire

Lucid Air Sapphire

Lucid Air Sapphire

The drop in costs for the remainder of the Air lineup might assist spur extra gross sales, after a number of quarters that point out it’s making extra autos than it’s promoting. Lucid reported in July that in the course of the second quarter of 2022 it produced 2,173 autos at its Arizona manufacturing facility whereas it delivered 1,404 autos to clients in that interval. That introduced the year-to-date complete, by means of June, to 4,487 autos made and a couple of,810 autos delivered.