Always felt range anxiety when driving an EV? US-based carmaker Lucid will shrug off your concerns, because the company has achieved a world record with its Lucid Air Grand Touring by travelling a whopping 1,205 km on a single charge.
Adding to the impressive feat is that this record was achieved by driving on public roads from St. Moritz, Switzerland, to Munich, Germany, a route that includes alpine roads, highways, and back roads.
This new world record comes right after a Mercedes-Benz EQS450+ set the previous world record of travelling 1,045 km across Japan in June 2025. That means the Lucid Air has smashed the previous record by some 160 km.
This marks the second world record for the Lucid Air Grand Touring, which in 2024 also set the record for most countries visited on a single charge (nine) in a production EV.
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The Lucid Air is sold in the US across four variants: the Pure, Touring, Grand Touring, and the top-of-the-line Sapphire. Prices range from USD69,990 (approx. RM297k) to USD249,000 (approx. RM1.05 million).
The record-setting Grand Touring variant, priced at USD110,900 (approx. RM471k), is built on a 900V architecture. It’s equipped with a 117 kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery pack (112 kWh usable capacity), which gives it a WLTP range of 960 km.
Charging is supported with AC charging at 19.2 kW, and DC fast charging at up to 300 kW, enabling the EV to regain up to 400 km of range in just 16 minutes of charging. This battery pack powers a dual-motor powertrain that produces 831 hp, allowing the five-metre-long sedan to launch from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.0 seconds.
Surprisingly, the Grand Touring is not the most powerful or the fastest Lucid Air. That title belongs to the top-range Sapphire variant. It gains an additional electric motor for a total of three motors, delivering a staggering 1,234 hp. This shortens the 0-100 km/h sprint time to a blistering 1.89 seconds.
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