2024 Lucid Gravity: Everything We Know About the Electric SUV

Not content simply launching an all-new EV with more than 1,000 horsepower and an expected EPA range of more than 500 miles, the mad geniuses at Lucid Motors are cooking up a new SUV, because of course they are, and today's market dictates they offer one. It's called the Lucid Gravity.

Little official information is available at this point beyond these two key items: First, the Gravity looks wider and will of course be much taller than the MotorTrend Car of the Year-winning Lucid Air sedan, but it will sit on the same stretched-wheelbase skateboard platform so the SUV/CUV's length should be close to identical. (Perhaps somebody whispered in our ear that the Gravity is less than an inch (15 mm) longer than the Air—who's to say?) Second, VP of Design Derek Jenkins is an off-roading enthusiast who has built a hot-rod VW-powered dune buggy, so it's safe to assume the Gravity will have some serious off-road chops.

In the teaser shots Lucid released, you can tell the front will have nearly the same full-width light signature as the Air. When you're establishing an all-new brand, the vehicles need to look alike, or at least design teams feel strongly that they do. We'd guess that the Gravity's intake openings up front are larger than those on the Air because the SUV is likely heavier and certainly blockier than the sedan, so the motors may need additional cooling to work harder. It also looks like the massive piece of glass that forms both windshield and roof is carried over from the Air, although we expect, as on the Air, a metal roof will also be available.

You also can't see exactly what's going on out back, but the massive clamshell opening from the Air looks like it's becoming a signature across the lineup, reconfigured here from more of a trunk lid to a hatch. Because the Gravity will borrow heavily from the Air, the world's largest taillight likely also makes an appearance here—you can just see it in the provided photos. That said, the Gravity is expected to be wider than the Air, so maybe the single-piece taillight gets even bigger? We shall see.

Now to what we can see: Check out them chunky fenders! The Air comes on 285-width tires, and these look to be fatter—we'll guess 325. As such, the Gravity's metal has swelled. It looks pretty tough, especially with the (probably) plastic fender cladding. The effect makes the Gravity look more muscular than the svelte Air.

Though Lucid isn't fully detailing the Gravity's interior quite yet, at least beyond teasing renderings of the airy cabin, it is promising multiple seating configurations "for five, six, or seven adults, in two- and three-row" layouts. There also appears to be a wild moonroof layout.

Powertrains should be identical: dual motors good for 1,080 horsepower at launch, with single- and tri-motor variants coming later, all powered by a 113-kWh battery pack. And Lucid promises the electric Gravity will deliver "more range than any other EV on the market—other than its stablemate, the Lucid Air." Can't go stepping on the 500-mile Air's toes now, can we?

Still, an SUV should look tougher than a sedan. Like the Air, the Gravity should feature an air suspension, and like Range Rovers thus equipped, it should use said adjustable suspension to great effect away from pavement—think increased ground clearance at the touch of a button. We know Jenkins currently owns a Range Rover, which works exactly that way.

One cool touch is how the A-pillars seem to drop through the flat-looking hood. It's a cool, utilitarian effect, and it helps to highlight another Lucid design signature: the massive aluminum roof adornment. We also really like how the C-pillar resolves into the body on the Gravity, the C-pillar being arguably the only weakness of the Air's design. Turns out that fastback sedans with trunks instead of hatches frequently have compromised, disjointed C-pillars (looking at you, Cadillac CT5). Here, it looks smart and well-integrated.

Lucid is finally outlining when exactly we'll see the Gravity land in customers' hands: Late 2023. That, to us, signals that the SUV will be a 2024 model. It will be built in Lucid's Casa Grande, Ariz. plant.

This post was originally published on September 9, 2020, and has since been updated to reflect official imagery and details from Lucid, as well as drawings that Lucid trademarked of the Gravity with the European Union Intellectual Property Office.