Gravity Spec coming Oct 3 ?

[bb2e]

Motor Trent - What's next for Lucid

Says order books to follow soon after. It quotes Eric Bach, senior vice president of product and chief engineer. We'll soon see. Touring and GT in initial offer. Says 80k so sounds like 80K for a Touring.

 

[xponents]

Subsequent plans call for a single-motor, front-wheel-drive version using Lucid’s second-generation powertrain, dubbed Atlas.

WTF? Why not RWD? Oh boy, is this going to make the “Gravity is a minivan” crowd happy…

 

[DeaneG]

Confirming that GT and Touring trims will be first - makes sense to me. The interview with Eric Bach was this week. It's pretty recent info rather than old rumors.

 

[DeaneG]

WTF? Why not RWD? Oh boy, is this going to make the “Gravity is a minivan” crowd happy…

The smaller drive unit will properly go in the front of dual-motor cars. The rear motor can exert more torque on the rear wheels under hard acceleration due to weight transfer in the car. It's pretty easy to leave the smaller, less expensive motor in the front for a single motor, lower-price-point vehicle, rather than designing the vehicle to have either the big motor or the small one installed in the rear depending on the trim level.

 

[OCDC]

WTF? Why not RWD? Oh boy, is this going to make the “Gravity is a minivan” crowd happy…

A lot of "SUV"s are front wheel drive these days. See Escape, Rouge, CR-V, RAV-4, previous generation Explorer, Highlander, etc.