Lucid Motors shares new video of the vehicle production process at its electric vehicle factory in Arizona – FutureCar.com

Californian luxury electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors has shared a new video showing the process of producing vehicles at its state of the art electric vehicle factory Arizona. Lucid’s plant is nicknamed Advanced Manufacturing Plant 1 or AMP-1.

The Advanced EV Factory, located on a 590-acre site in Casa Grande, is where Lucid Motors will build its electric vehicles, starting with the Lucid Air Sedan. The luxury electric Lucid Air will rival the Tesla Model S Performance and other high-performance luxury sedans such as Porsche, BMW and Audi.

The top-of-the-line Lucid Air Dream Edition will produce up to 1,080 horsepower from its advanced electric powertrain with a range of 503 miles.

Lucid Motors is backed by a $1 billion investment in 2018 of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia. Construction of the $700 million plant continued at a rapid pace last year, despite the pandemic. The site has gone from virgin land to a factory dedicated to electric vehicles in just one year. The last phase of construction was completed in December 2020.

“We broke ground on the 590-acre Lucid AMP-1 site in Casa Grande, Arizona on December 2, 2019, and just under a year later, we’ve completed America’s first purpose-built EV plant. North,” said Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO, Lucid Motors in December when the final phase of construction was completed. “The effort and agility demonstrated by this team is truly amazing, as we are already fielding equipment compatible with the Lucid Manufacturing System to start production of the next-generation electric vehicle, the Lucid Air, in just a few months. .

The Lucid Air sedan.

Future expansion plans include adding state-of-the-art infrastructure that can be expanded to meet Lucid’s future goals as it seeks to compete against Tesla and other automakers. Part of this expansion will support Lucid’s Gravity project, a first electric SUV that will be the company’s next electric vehicle.

Lucid said the plant would eventually be able to produce 400,000 electric vehicles a year, enough capacity to become a challenger to segment leader Tesla, or any other automaker for that matter.

Lucid’s vehicle manufacturing system will use advanced processes for the Lucid Air sedan, including a riveted and bonded monocoque body structure typically found in Formula 1 race cars. Air itself is structural. Lucid says he was inspired by the way planes are built. The process results in a stiffer body structure.

The first cars built in Arizona will be the limited-production Lucid Air Dream Editions, which are sold out despite the staggering price tag of $169,000. The Dream editions will be followed by the Air Grand Touring and Touring models. Lower-priced Touring models will offer 620 horsepower from a dual-motor all-wheel-drive electric powertrain and start at $87,500.

The more affordable Lucid Air Pure joins the lineup in early 2022 and starts at $69,900.

The new video features Lucid’s Director of Manufacturing Assembly, Art Schlaud, who shared insight into the manufacturing processes used at the factory to build the Air sedan. Fredirico Tapia Olivas, Lucid Manufacturing Quality Manager, and other Lucid Motors factory employees are also present.

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