The public debut of the Cosmos comes this summer. Reporters were allowed to see both a design mockup and a body-in-white production-validation vehicle (a very early build to test and confirm assembly-line tooling) of the Cosmos—but only after our phones were safely locked away.
Visually, the Cosmos is a smaller, sleeker echo of the Gravity. With five seats instead of seven, it's shorter and lower, with a drooping roofline and tapered upper cabin that splits the difference between a fastback hatch and a more upright SUV. It's all to minimize the aerodynamic drag coefficient, which design SVP Derek Jenkins said would be lower than 0.22—a remarkable number for anything in the utility category, besting the Gravity's already low 0.24.
The shape of the burgundy metallic mockup, sitting on 22-inch wheels with Michelin P Zero tires, was distinct and striking. (Jenkins assured us that the plan also includes smaller wheels with taller tire sidewalls for a more comfortable ride.) At the front, the center of Lucid's characteristic thin light bar is black plastic, hiding the camera, radar, and lidar sensors. Angled lower lights complete the signature. Prominent, backlit individual letters spell out the brand name front and rear.
Inside, a single 36-inch-wide display just below the windshield stretches from the cluster across the center of the Cosmos. To keep costs down, Jenkins said the same display can be used on both left- and right-hand-drive models. There's no separate central touchscreen.
Lucid proudly touted its hard controls: buttons for audio volume and tuning, some climate functions, and more. Apparently, the vents can only be opened, closed, or aimed via the touchscreen, an unsafe annoyance in our view. Other details: the Cosmos has "manual" door handles with fully mechanical operation—no buttons or electric motors to open or close the doors. Electric motors will lower each door's frameless window glass slightly when the handle is operated, as in the Air and Gravity.
Jenkins said Lucid's market research showed the Cosmos will appeal to an audience he called "upscale nurturers." They're millennial parents who want luxury and premium features in a vehicle that serves as a "family hub." Of the three mid-size models, the Cosmos is most urban, will be used on-road most often, and will offer significant performance to buyers who value it.
Cosmos production will start by the end of this year at Lucid's factory in Saudi Arabia; the first models will go on sale in North America during 2027. Assembly of Cosmos models for North America will then switch to
Lucid's U.S. factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, six to 12 months later.
