The company kicked off its Production Preview Week, a series of events during which Lucid welcomed guests to Advanced Manufacturing Plant (AMP-1) and Lucid Powertrain Manufacturing (LPM-1).
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Lucid Air luxury electric sedans rolled off the assembly line during the factory commissioning event at AMP-1. Lucid has also embarked on a massive expansion of the facility, which will add 2.85 million square feet to support more Lucid Air production and establish production of the Gravity SUV starting in 2023.
AMP-1 will create approximately 6,000 direct jobs with an economic impact of more than $100 million by 2030.
“The proprietary EV technology that Lucid has developed will make it possible to travel more miles using less battery energy. For example, our Lucid Air Grand Touring has an official EPA rating of 516 miles of range with a 112-kWh battery pack, giving it an industry leading efficiency of 4.6 miles per kWh.
"Our technology will allow for increasingly lighter, more efficient, and less expensive EVs, and today represents a major step in our journey to expand the accessibility of more sustainable transportation,†said Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO, Lucid Group. “I’m delighted that production cars endowed with this level of efficiency are currently driving off our factory line.â€
Positioned on a 590-acre site, AMP-1 is the first greenfield, dedicated electric vehicle factory to be built in North America. The nearly 1-million-square-foot facility will manufacture Lucid Air Dream Edition models.
The EPA recently released its official range estimate for the Lucid Air Dream Edition Range, which is the longest range for any electric car rated by the EPA: 520 miles on a single charge, more than 100 miles over its closest competitor.
The AMP-1 commissioning adds to the momentum of the electric vehicle industry in Arizona. From Atlis Motor Vehicles establishing its Mesa manufacturing facility in 2016, to Nikola breaking ground in Coolidge in May 2020 and ElectraMeccanica breaking ground on their first U.S. manufacturing facility in Mesa in May 2021, the state’s electric vehicle industry continues to grow.
Most recently, Zero Electric Vehicles announced it will open a new headquarters and production facility in Gilbert. ■