Lucid Air Touring: Less Power. Less Money. Still Crazy Fast.
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- @LucidMotors continues to introduce new variations on their Lucid Air sedan line up . . . in this latest installment, they are trading 200 HP for an almost US$25,000 discount! MotoMan drives the 620 HP Lucid Air Touring - the least expensive thus far - to learn if the output, battery and other small changes impact an otherwise great driving car.
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Just recently pickup my Lucid Touring Gray with Tahoe interior. - Amazing comfort, handling and potential and interior. Go Lucid!
What is the handling like my friend ?
An interesting beast for sure. More affordable version would make it more relevant to a larger wider
I just test drove a loaded 2024 Air Touring last Sunday and it was awesome. They lowered the prices again, and a nicely equipped Air Touring is now under $100K.
I can't wait to get mine next summer.
I got the Apple Carplay update in my Air GT a couple weeks ago. Driving the Lucid for the last year has been a joy.
Great review as always. I think you will find that none of the Lucid models have air spring type suspension. In previous Lucid company videos, the designers implied they preferred the sportier more connected feel that well tuned steel coil springs provide.
This point was covered in great detail both in this episode as well as our Grand Touring episode. In fact, we have an upcoming episode with the man running their driving dynamics, David Lickfold, where he shares A LOT of insight on this topic and how they tuned the car. HINT: The inspiration was fascinating.
The Pure and Touring are so much more comfortable in the back seat without your knees ready for blast off. I had a Pure on reserve and test drove a Touring. Such a nice car. Unfortunately, the charging network lets this car down. And the onboard charger doesn't work well with the Tesla Supercharger stations that have the magic dock.
That squeaky steering wheel would drive me crazy.
What’s with the squeaks coming from the Steering or is it the seats?
I finally got to drive the car. Way better than model S! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 I want one so I’ll be selling my model 3🥊
Which Lucid Model did you drive?
If the Saudi trust keeps the company solvent while they improve charging capabilities and expand dealer network this will solve biggest issue, fear of failure and when that happens and if the they build one around 60,000 the volume will explode! Beautiful and sleek, striking and classy. has all the tools! Thanks for your expert review, best of the best!!
There's a Lucid Studio near me, but I have yet to see an Air on the road. Lucid recently laid off 1300 employees, which is a lot for such a small company. It would be interesting to hear what's really happening inside this company.
Seen a lucid driving into the universal studios Hollywood parking lot last month. That’s about it.
Yes Lucid is in trouble. They have a billion dollars worth of inventory unsold. The price point is too high to be a large player in the EV game.
@@vaehballacademy6661 [3 weeks later] Really? Was the town "Detroit"?😂
I really like the looks of these. Unfortunately they seem to drop in value quite quickly. Hoping that Lucid is around for the long haul.
They are in their early days. Hope this would be solved and hold its price 🙏
@@ahmadtaha2962 14+year's old now, first air prototype debuted wayyyyyyyyyy back in April 2016. Raised over $12,000,000,000+in capital.
Had a ground up ev plant the amp-1 open since 2020. Provided packs&motors to formula e for year's. No excuses left for lucid. 👍🏻
@@4literv6 they still have around $4 billion cash on hand. Which gives them ~11 months runway. But importantly the PIF is a big backer if they need more capital.
FWIW - Tesla took 17 years to achieve profitability.
@RC18 but this is so easy to control, I would expect the customers can request a particular seat color or even choose certain designs
I saw one on the road a month ago, it looked cool AF
Lovely car!
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Look forward to your follow up as they have added Apple CarPlay with the last update. Not sure if that solves anything else that you’ve noted. Great job on your review. 💯 13:05
I am looking forward to testing it out as well. This was shot back in March just before the update was released.
@4:19 I prefer the darker wood trim over the lighter one.
The king
10:00 - that moment when Motoman (in an over powered vehicle) almost drives himself off the edge of that cliff. fortunately not this video, but perhaps the next one. wait for it... wait - for - it.
Where did you film this? Looks like Ventura maybe I missed the part where you mentioned locations.
Ventura County Fairgrounds. In car was the usual spot.
What was creeking 😖
Believe it was the steering wheel being turned.
because: "Haunted House Mode"
Apple Car Play support is there and been there for a month now. I am surprised they gave you car without Apple CarPlay support. I’ve been using it on my Touring since last 1 month and it works great!
I hear a clearly audible noise, a creeking, when steering left and right: seems to come from the seat. I hate noises in the cabin...
Maybe it's your phone. Give your phone a shake shake.
Can you please explain to your audience why bigger wheels lower range? I understand why a wider tire would lower range, but how does a bigger wheel impact rolling resistance / some other metric?
Weight
Glad that I prefer the Lucid UX anyway.
Me too. I'm an Android Gal and I probably won't use Android Auto either. Lucid's UX is stunning to look at.
In what way is this suspension unsophisticated? Double wishbone front, multi link rear... Or are you saying that in comparison to the air ride in the more expensive vehicle (which is my guess)?
Your guess is correct.
i seen a couple of lucid air around my area im based in maryland didn’t know they were over 100k
It's kinda refreshing to see a automobile I'll never get the chance to drive. Like, what the top 1% would drive/own?
Umm.... I'm not top 1% I work everyday. If can afford the Touring so can you.
You should start your videos with the price range in the first minute so I know whether to continue watching or not. 20k difference doesn’t mean anything once you’re already paying over 100k for a car.
They should sell this to GM looks like Oldsmobile Aurora
The perpetually-black front seat thing is weird
You could choose which want. however, the front seems much more luxurious then the back ( they are regular )
@@ahmadtaha2962Back feels way luxurious in person than Picture
@John Reed that could be true, there is no lucid yet where I am at. However lucid should keep up and reduce the costs of its car
You can now get a touring for 85k and😊
What Watch is he wearing? I would love a watch tour. Great review!
Good eye! Omega Seamaster 007 James Bond 40 Anniversary edition.
@@MotoManTV Nice ...have the Seamaster 300. Strong watch game!
Would they put an even larger frunk in the Pure RWD one? That's be epic.
Very possible. Impressed that they are one of the few that reclaims packaging space when the battery is smaller.
Lol "division of church n state" l love this guy ...lol
Weird that there’s no carplay on your tester. There are other UA-cam videos out there demoing Apple CarPlay
We drove these cars just before they released CarPlay for Lucid.
I like the two tone colour seats
I was so excited about the Lucid - now it's kind - de-magified if this is a word? in English? Lucid will never run out of money, they are backed and owned by Saudi Oil money, means they are in a very comfortable position to fix their short comings especially in the area of software.
This video must have been filmed a while back, because Apple Carplay came out with Lucid a while back
Yes, it was filmed back March . . .
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO LUCID FAMILY ❤️🙋♂️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉😉👍
Interior sounds 😫
Lucid must release the SUV ASAP. Love the car but cars are not wanted by the American Public they really need to hurry up and drop the SUV
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What a perfect car for the canyons, the waiting law can’t hear shit…
Great designs, good quality, horrible dealerships. Seems they have used the stereotypical “used car salesman” model for dealership training.
He mentions that it takes time to build a brand. But Lexus, infinity, Acura did it correctly out of the gate. It’s going to take a serious effort for them to overcome the bad rap they are getting (well deserved) for the dealership experience.
Yes that can kill the brand.
I like the retractable screen. Lucid should include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto since they don’t have the tech that Tesla does.
If Buick had a brother
LOL, I paid $130K even for my Air GT brand new.
Lucid is the car company Tesla pretends to be.
May need to steal that material from you:)
@@MotoManTV No problemo 👍 Anyone putting the boot into Elon’s Ponzi scheme is fine by me 😜
😂😂😂
Different battery capacity doesn’t make it a different car. That’s total marketing BS, and they know it! We’re not sheep! 👎🏼
But I am because I WILL BUY A FULLY LOADED LUCID AIR TOURING ANYWAY.
If they build a $50k I’ll be the first one to sign the dotted line…
@@mfbikle
50k - not gonna happen.
re: "We’re not sheep!" oh but we are Micheal. as Tesla has sadly proven "We The People" are that (and so much less).
@@mfbikle 2025. It's coming.
That screen looks unstable like it barely hanging there
It's not. It's "floating" by design.
Where in the world are you and did Lucid actually pick this spot? Looks like a low income housing street
Ventura County Fair Grounds. And yes, Lucid did pick the spot.
@@MotoManTV so maybe it was an appropriate location given they are introducing a lower power and cheaper model😂😂😂
cars for the wealthy 🙃
Expensive for an uglyyy car!😫
Perfect if only it were a wagon... Why don't they cater to a significant demographic of peopke with actual lives? The market screams for it.
Why do you need a wagon is big trunk on big sedan not enough
Because of form factor. There is a HIGH correlation of serious car folks that prefer the look of the wagon when opting for a 500 HP car. Other examples:
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Absolutely not worth the price no electric car ever should cost that much it not a super car or ultra luxury it weird in between
The Lucid Air Touring is an impressive electric vehicle that offers a great balance of performance and affordability. With its crazy fast acceleration and sleek design, it's hard not to be impressed. I'm excited to see more electric cars like this hit the market and provide more options for sustainable transportation.
Sustainable is questionable.
@@derbagger22 But not me, I will buy a fully loaded Air Touring.
@@derbagger22 how’s that?
@@howifixedit.9076 Unless you're charging your EV off of solar, it's still dirty. That's not even getting into current battery tech.
@@derbagger22 even if your electricity comes from the dirtiest fossil fuel in coal it’s still FAR CLEANER than ICE engines mainly because electric motors are WAY MORE efficient.