- Solely 9 Lucid Gravity SUVs had been registered in Jan-June, business knowledge reveals.
- The EV startup offered virtually 4,800 Air sedans throughout the identical interval.
- Lucid mentioned there’s a lag within the knowledge, and it had offered “a number of tons of” of SUVs.
Gross sales of Lucid’s Air sedan are rising, and its new, high-riding Gravity brother has met with rave critiques, so why are gross sales of the SUV so terrible?
That’s a query you would possibly ask after studying {that a} pathetic 9 examples of the theoretically extra on-trend EV in Lucid’s lineup had been registered within the first six months of 2025. The figures, first reported by Auto Information, come from S&P International Mobility, whose knowledge set additionally confirmed the Air logged 4,780 registrations in the identical interval.
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Lucid sedan gross sales had been up 52 p.c year-on-year, however way more folks need to purchase SUVs than traditional-shaped four-door vehicles nowadays, so the nine-unit Gravity tally was disappointing to say the least.
“The Gravity nails its mission,” wrote {Car} and Driver after testing the $96,550 utility, praising its pace, vary, and cargo house. However because the final mission of any automaker is to promote vehicles, S&P GM’s numbers prompt it hadn’t nailed, however failed, its mission.
Lucid Pushes Again
Not like U.S. President Donald Trump did upon listening to lower than favorable job statistics, Lucid didn’t have a meltdown and demand the top of S&P GM’s adder-upper. However it did declare to Auto Information reporters that the nine-cars determine was wildly inaccurate. The actual numbers are within the “a number of tons of,” it mentioned in an electronic mail to the web site.
Lucid defined the large disparity between the 2 numbers as ensuing from a lag between the date on which autos are offered and the date on which they’re registered.
The Gravity entered manufacturing in December 2024, however 2025’s first quarter manufacturing was ringfenced for showroom fashions and demo drives. Clients didn’t start to get their very own SUVs till spring, and even then, the manufacturing ramp-up was occurring slower than anticipated, interim CEO Marc Winterhoff informed AN in June. The loss-making firm additionally trimmed its 2025 manufacturing forecast.
Extra Trims, Extra Quantity to Come
At present, the Gravity is simply obtainable in GT trim with 828 hp (840 PS / 617 kW) and a 450-mile (724 km) EPA vary, however a 12 months from now, with SUV manufacturing in full swing, the numbers will look very completely different, and registrations ought to relegate the Air sedan to a side-man.