Startup Lucid’s electric family minivan can blow a Chevy Corvette Z06 away in a quarter mile sprint while still offering more room than a Ford Explorer. Could the Lucid Gravity be the family cruiser you’ve been waiting for?
The Gravity is very fast, and boasts range of 450 miles
The cabin and exterior of the Gravity are redefining the SUV class. The supercar-equivalent performing Lucid boasts 450 miles of driving range, and lightning-fast charging—200 miles in less than 11 minutes. And its 120 cubic feet of storage space easily surpasses something comparable like the Ford Explorer’s 87.8 cubic foot.
It’s also quick. With up to 845 horsepower, the Grand Touring trim can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.4 seconds, but the Dream Edition takes things to another dimension.
With 1,070 horsepower, the Lucid Gravity Dream Edition is powered by two electric motors and four-wheel-drive to get the power down quicker. To see how the Gravity compared to its rivals, Car and Driver took Lucid’s minivan for some quick tests.
According to Car and driver, the Lucid outperformed a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to 150 mph by almost three seconds on the test track, covering the quarter-mile in just 10.6 seconds.
The magazine claims the Gravity “was a beast in every acceleration metric,” not just in the quarter-mile. It took Lucid’s SUV 1.4 seconds to reach 30 mph, 3.7 seconds to reach 70 mph, and 5.9 seconds to reach 100 mph.
The Gravity is the quickest SUV Car and Driver has ever tested
Boasting a quarter-mile time of 10.6 seconds, Car and Driver said that the Gravity was the quickest SUV they had ever tested over the quarter-mile, outperforming the Rivian Tri-Motor Max (11.1 seconds) and the BMW iX M60 (11.5 seconds). Lucid’s SUV took the lead over the quarter-mile, going almost 20 mph quicker, even though the Rivian’s 850 horsepower R1S Tri-Motor beat the Gravity to 60 mph.
As you’d expect, the Gravity also crushed gas-powered super SUVs like the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT (11.2 seconds) and Lamborghini Urus Performante (11.2 seconds). They did say however, that the Tesla Model X Plaid, which they have not tested yet, would give the Lucid a real run for its money.
In a drag race dubbed the “1000+ hp Mom Missiles,” popular YouTube channel Hagerty paired the Gravity Dream Edition with the Audi RS Q8 Performance, Range Rover Sport SV, Porsche Macan Turbo Electric, Rivian R1S Quad and Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid. Not surprisingly, two electric SUVs—namely the Lucid Gravity and the Rivian R1S Quad—ended up in a 10-5 second three-way tie over the quarter-mile with a Porsche Panamera Turbo.
If the Gravity is for you and your family, then you can pick one up for as little as $94,900. And if that’s a little to rich for you, then wait for the $79,900 Touring grade expected out later this year.