Lucid unveils top-of-the-line performance EV that does zero to 60 in under two seconds
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The Lucid Air Sapphire Edition is the automaker's quickest EV yet. | Image: Lucid Motors Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors unveiled the new Lucid Air Sapphire Edition, a top-of-the-line sedan, which the company says will do zero to 60mph in under two seconds, zero to 100mph in under four seconds, and the quarter-mile in under nine seconds.
That's tremendously impressive in a full-size, fully-electric luxury sedan and potentially makes the new sapphire blue car the most powerful production sedan on the market, beating out the previous record holder, the Tesla Model S Plaid.
Power to pavementThe new Sapphire Edition, which was revealed Friday during Monterey Car Week, pairs a number of the features from Lucid's lower trim models like the Dream Edition and the Grand Touring Performance Edition. First,...