UPDATE: Lucid has confirmed to InsideEVs that the 118 kWh figure is both usable and total capacity. This story has been updated to reflect that confirmation.
The recent InsideEVs 70 mph highway range test of the Lucid Air Dream Edition Range version, conducted by Tom Moloughney, has confirmed the real usable battery capacity of the car.
During the test, the car covered 500 miles (805 km), consuming a little bit over 117 kWh, according to the onboard computer. Tom Moloughney later confirmed with Lucid that the total and usable capacity of the Dream Edition version is 118 kWh.
We are carefully examining the battery capacity numbers of various vehicles because different manufacturers have different policies.
Some of them do not reveal the battery capacity, others reveal only the total or only the usable value, while Lucid revealed a number that at first read seemed almost too good to be true.
Despite that, Lucid maintains that 118 kWh represents the total and useable capacity of its uniquely efficient system.
Gallery: Lucid Air Dream Edition
Lucid Air Dream Edition specs:
- 118 kWh usable battery capacity
22 modules
2170-type cylindrical cells (6,600)
>900 V battery system - EPA range:
Dream Edition Performance (19") - 471 miles (758 km)
Dream Edition Performance (21") - 451 miles (726 km)
Dream Edition Range (19") - 520 miles (837 km)
Dream Edition Range (21") - 481 miles (774 km) - 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) time
Dream Edition Performance (19") - 2.5 seconds
Dream Edition Performance (21") - 2.42 seconds; quarter-mile in 9.67 seconds @149.87 mph *on prepared track surface
Dream Edition Range (19") - 2.7 seconds
Dream Edition Range (21") - 2.74 seconds - top speed of 168 mph (270 km/h)
- dual motor all-wheel drive
Dream Edition Performance - 1,111 hp (828 kW) and 1,025 lb-ft (1,390 Nm)
Dream Edition Range - 933 hp (695 kW) and 1,025 lb-ft (1,390 Nm) - on-board charger: 19.2 kW
- fast charging at up to around 300 kW (about 20 minutes to replenish 300 miles of range)
Lucid Air Grand Touring specs:
- 112 kWh usable battery capacity
>900 V battery system - EPA range:
Grand Touring (19") - 516 miles (830 km)
Grand Touring (21") - 469 miles (755 km) - 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) time
Dream Edition Performance (19") - 3.3 seconds
Dream Edition Performance (21") - 3.0 seconds - top speed of 168 mph (270 km/h)
- dual motor all-wheel drive
Grand Touring - 800 hp (596 kW) and 885 lb-ft (1,200 Nm) - on-board charger: 19.2 kW
- fast charging at up to around 300 kW (about 20 minutes to replenish 300 miles of range)
