Besides its aspirational price tag, the Lucid Air has only ever had one major problem: It’s a sedan in a world where new car buyers are obsessed with SUVs. But this year, the EV startup has a new weapon in its arsenal, the Lucid Gravity SUV.
And if all goes according to plan, the Gravity could help Lucid double its car production in 2025—and hopefully, sales as well.
Ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings call today, Lucid announced that it intends to produce approximately 20,000 vehicles this year. Last year, it produced 9,029 EVs—nearly all Air sedans with a small amount of early Gravity SUVs, presumably.
It also delivered 10,241 cars in 2024, a new annual record and a 71% sales jump from the year prior. The first Gravity models were delivered to employees and “friends and family” last December. Orders for the Gravity are also now open in Canada and Saudi Arabia.
The Gravity is built at Lucid’s new Casa Grande, Arizona factory, dubbed Advanced Manufacturing Plant-1 (AMP-1.) Powered by a 120 kWh battery pack, the SUV boasts a class-leading range of 450 miles and up to 828 horsepower. It’s also one of the first non-Tesla EVs to use a Tesla-style North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug from the factory for easy access to the Supercharger network.
InsideEVs Senior reporter Tim Levin liked driving the Gravity during a brief launch event last year, but it’s too soon to say whether it’s good enough to take Lucid to the next level. Even if it sells well for its segment, the market for $80,000-$100,000 electric SUVs isn’t massive. Plus, there are already a handful of competitors from well-known brands. Lucid’s true make-or-break moment will come when it launches its more affordable mid-size SUV, likely in 2026 at around $48,000.
But first, it has to get there. The Gravity’s success will be key to that. So it’s good to see that Lucid is ramping up production. The question is whether demand will rise with it.
This is a breaking news post. It may be updated later.
