The story behind Lucid.
An American electric-vehicle manufacturer offering the Air sedan and Gravity SUV through company-operated sales and service channels.
Atieva becomes Lucid Motors
Lucid’s corporate predecessor Atieva was incorporated in 2007. The company rebranded as Lucid Motors in October 2016 and revealed Air that December. The distinction matters: the company existed before the consumer vehicle brand, and the change marked a move toward a complete luxury electric car.
Read the source ↗A factory and a first production car
Groundbreaking for the Casa Grande, Arizona factory came in 2019. Customer-quality Air vehicles began leaving the assembly line in 2021. The Air program combined the company’s powertrain development with a full vehicle and manufacturing operation, rather than treating a prototype reveal as the start of retail production.
Read the source ↗Gravity adds a second vehicle family
Gravity opened for configuration and orders in November 2024. The SUV adds a different body and passenger role to Air’s sedan family. Sapphire and GT-S designations identify performance versions within the existing families; they should not inflate the count of distinct vehicle models.
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