Lucid previews a hot new Air that's 'quicker than quick'

Lucid published a short video that confirms the 1,080-horsepower version of its electric Air sedan will not remain the range-topping model for long. It looks like reports of a quicker, more powerful variant are about to materialize.

Posted on the company's Twitter account, the eight-second flick shows a lightly camouflaged Air racing down a drag strip against a Porsche Taycan. It shows a stopwatch counting down from 9.90 to 9.62, and it adds that whatever the video is announcing will be "quicker than quick." Its global debut is scheduled for September 24.

We're guessing the 9.62-second time refers to how long it takes the Air to cover a quarter-mile. That's an impressive number, and it could get lower; unverified reports peg the final figure in the low-nine-second range. For context, the Porsche 918 Spyder logged a 9.81-second quarter-mile, while Ford's electric Cobra Jet racer sprinted through the quarter mile in 8.27 seconds. We're looking forward to finding out the Air's trap speed, too.