MT trend interviews Lucid engineers about everything

[Bunnylebowski]

This is an awesome lengthy interview, lots of mind blowing stuff detailed, including the Sapphire being the fastest car on an unprepped surface MotorTrend has ever tested, hints about Gravity having air suspension, lots of nerdy development details:

 

[xponents]

This is an awesome lengthy interview, lots of mind blowing stuff detailed, including the Sapphire being the fastest car on an unprepped surface MotorTrend has ever tested, hints about Gravity having air suspension, lots of nerdy development details:

Gravity having air suspension is known, they disclosed that via their website.
Shoulda called it gravity suspension though.

 

[hmp10]

Motor Trend test results (unprepped surface):

Tesla Model S Plaid
1/4 mile: 9.3 sec
Trap speed: 152

Lucid Air Sapphire
1/4 mile: 9.2 sec
Trap speed: 157.1

The trap speeds are particularly interesting. Even in comparing our dual-motor Air Dream Edition to our tri-motor Model S Plaid, the power at high speed seems to come on as fast in the Air as in the Plaid. I suspect the power from speed in the Sapphire is going to be like nothing else.

 

[xponents]

Motor Trend test results:

Tesla Model S Plaid
1/4 mile: 9.3 sec
Trap speed: 152

Lucid Air Sapphire
1/4 mile: 9.2 sec
Trap speed: 157.1

I swore I saw it would get below the 9 sec quarter mile... ill try to find the source.

 

[hmp10]

I swore I saw it would get below the 9 sec quarter mile... ill try to find the source.

The Motor Trend reporters here say the car will easily get below 9 seconds on a prepped surface.

 

[xponents]

The Motor Trend reporters here say the car will easily get below 9 seconds on a prepped surface.

Wait... 9.2 was UNPREPPED? Thats amazing!

 

[NoseyReporter]

And this is why Ed gets paid the big bucks. What a legitimately amazing question. @ 1:15

Also is our, now famous, poor schmuck on this forum?

Link is queued right on the Ed's story and question.