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Lucid Motors shows off Air, an electric luxury sedan

At a media event in Fremont, California, electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors showed off its first production-intent car, the Air.

Wayne Cunningham
Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began covering technology and the Web in 1994 as an editor of The Net magazine.
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Lucid Motors showed off its first, production-intent car, called the Air.

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The Air fits into the luxury sedan segment, but uses a fully electric drivetrain.

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Along with the electric drivetrain, Lucid attempts to future-proof the Air with self-driving capability, a data connection and even features to enable ride-sharing.

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One value of the electric drivetrain cited by Lucid comes in at about the size of a midsize sedan, but its cabin is equivalent to that of a much larger car.

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Electric motors at the front and rear wheels give the Air 1,000 horsepower.

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A 100-kilowatt-hour battery pack gives it over 300 miles of range.

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Embedded sensors, including camera, radar and Lidar, enable its self-driving.

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Lucid designed unique headlights for the Air that can turn to illuminate curves in the road.

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