Yahoo Autos Lucid Air's modular powertrain opens up serious performance possibilities
The Lucid Air sedan is an impressive, high-end luxury electric car with an astounding 1,080 horsepower between 465 and 503 miles of range in its top Dream Edition spec, but thanks to the company's trick powertrain engineering, that figure may just be the beginning. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson gave us a little taste of what might be in store down the road in a media preview the company hosted earlier this month.
During Lucid's demonstration, Rawlinson gave us a sneak peak at a new rear subframe module for the Air. The way Lucid engineered its front and rear suspension modules allows them to be swapped, and thanks to the compact nature of the company's electric drive units, these modules can accommodate additional motors. Yeah, we could theoretically get a three-motor Lucid Air sedan with both a staggering amount of power and the potential for advanced torque vectoring across the rear axle.
As if a 9.9-second quarter mile and 2.5-second sprint to 60 alone weren't enough, right?
