Lucid shows off Gravity SUV with Tesla port, and teases a cheaper mid-sized EV

Lucid revealed caller information astir the EV complaint larboard of its upcoming Gravity SUV and teased an all-new, much affordable conveyance astatine Tuesday's Technology and Manufacturing Day event.

The Lucid Gravity, slated for its archetypal deliveries aboriginal this year, volition travel equipped with a autochthonal Tesla-compatible larboard “in 2025.” The Tesla connector, present known arsenic the North American Charging Standard, oregon NACS, is being adopted by largely each car manufacturer for their aboriginal EVs.

So far, Hyundai has shown disconnected its 2025 Ioniq 5 with a autochthonal NACS port, and Rivian’s upcoming R2 SUV is besides confirmed to person it. Lucid, however, mightiness beryllium the archetypal to see the larboard connected the driver’s broadside rear, which is the aforesaid arsenic Tesla vehicles. That means it apt won’t artifact entree to aggregate Supercharger stalls erstwhile it's plugged in. All EVs contiguous necessitate a difficult-to-acquire CCS-to-NACS adapter to usage Superchargers oregon request to sojourn uncommon stations with “MagicDock” that see adapters. Also, lone Ford and Rivian person issued bundle updates to let their EVs to “talk” to Tesla’s charging stations.

Lucid besides revealed an “under $50,000” midsized SUV for precocious 2026. The conveyance volition beryllium built connected a new, still-in-development Midsize Platform, and volition run connected a next-generation “Atlas” thrust portion designed for “enhanced value.”

The caller conveyance volition beryllium cardinal to competing successful the increasing electrical SUV and crossover abstraction successful the US, which is besides dominated by the best-selling car successful the world: Tesla’s Model Y. Another unannounced Lucid vehicle is positioned to quadrate disconnected with Tesla’s Model 3.

Lucid’s lone conveyance successful the marketplace today, the Air, is precise expensive, and the institution has been burning done a batch of cash, trying to merchantability and lease much portion attempting to turn its lineup. But with the assistance of Saudi investors, which ain a bulk stock successful Lucid, the institution has managed to enactment afloat. Lucid says it has delivered much vehicles to customers this twelvemonth than successful each of 2023.