After looking at the current and near future slate of EVs, it’s becoming more apparent how remarkable the Lucid Air is in terms of range, cost, power, luxury, looks, and (soon!) software. The Rolls Royce Spectre EV and GM Celestiq are $300K+ and don’t measure up to the Air overall in terms of range and power.
Rivians can’t do more than 320 miles with the benefit of a large battery pack but saddled by the worst efficiency amongst all current EVs. The Polestar 3 won’t make much more than 300 mi in an EPA test. The BMW iX gets 340 or so miles but damn, it’s ugly. I seriously doubt the Lotus Eletre or Volvo EX90 will do much better. The Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 7 don’t use much larger battery packs than their smaller brethren, so there will be range limitations there, too. So, which manufacturer makes the first EPA rated 400 mi EV SUV?
Maybe… the Lucid Gravity? Here’s hoping! Or is 400 mi range even possible with the boxy shape of an SUV?
Rivians can’t do more than 320 miles with the benefit of a large battery pack but saddled by the worst efficiency amongst all current EVs. The Polestar 3 won’t make much more than 300 mi in an EPA test. The BMW iX gets 340 or so miles but damn, it’s ugly. I seriously doubt the Lotus Eletre or Volvo EX90 will do much better. The Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 7 don’t use much larger battery packs than their smaller brethren, so there will be range limitations there, too. So, which manufacturer makes the first EPA rated 400 mi EV SUV?
Maybe… the Lucid Gravity? Here’s hoping! Or is 400 mi range even possible with the boxy shape of an SUV?