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How Lucid’s New Electric Car Stacks Up Against Tesla and Porsche
The company has announced a car capable of 517 miles on a single charge. Here’s how it fared in a real-world showdown with the current electric leaders.
The Lucid Air prototype electric vehicle at the company’s headquarters in Newark, Calif.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergIn a world full of electric vehicle buzz and startup hype, range anxiety remains a key reason why consumers hesitate to make the switch.
For those holdouts, Lucid Motors has just laid a serious hand on the table Tuesday, announcing a battery that can produce 517 miles on a single charge. That’s enough juice to get you, theoretically, from New York to Cleveland, Ohio, or from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back.