lucidone of the new electric car manufacturers that has attracted the most attention in recent times thanks to the Lucid Air, opens its first store in Europe. It will be in Munich, Germany. they call them Lucid Stores. Located on Odeonsplatz, which is a large square in the center of the city. Later they plan to open new commercial offices in the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. While other countries on the continent will be in “next years”, without giving more details.
The company has placed great emphasis on the importance of visiting its stores, as a claim for the sale of its cars that are located in a high segment, pointing to absolute luxury. The idea is that its commercial establishments convey the experience of owning a Lucid Air.
In addition to the opening of its first store, Lucid has announced the official prices in euros of its first vehicle produced on Lucid Air Dream Edition. Expects to make the first deliveries to first reservists at the end of 2022. They have also revealed the autonomy of the vehicle in the WLTP cycle, which amounts to 900 kilometers. In the EPA cycle, which is more realistic, it is about 800 kilometers.
They will be very limited units. The company is just beginning to make cars and the pace of assembly of each unit is still quite slow. “Lucid announces that it will offer a very limited number of units to customers who made reservations in Europe,” they explain in the statement. At the moment they will only sell the two limited versions of the Airknown as Dream Edition Performance Y Dream Edition Range. In fact, a total of 520 units for everyone. The prices stay like this:
- Germany: €218,000
- Holland: €222,000
- Norway: 1,850,000 Norwegian kroner
- Switzerland: 199,000 Swiss francs
A final price has not been announced for countries like Spain, but with a local VAT of 21%, it will be around 221,000 euros. Unless lucid decide to increase or decrease the price for our market.
Long waiting times to get a Lucid Air in Europe
Although Lucid does not have a physical presence in Spain, it is possible to make a reservation, which implies a deposit of 300 euros. It can also be booked in other European countries, including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Monaco, Norway, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland.
You can choose between the versions Mashed potatoes, touring Y Grand Touring of the Air. Which will be the non-limited large-scale production variants. There is no delivery date at the moment. The company expects to manufacture between 12,000 and 14,000 units during 2022. They claim to have some 30,000 reserves and that “everything is already sold by 2022 and part of 2023.”
So those who decide to pre-order any of the aforementioned Lucid Air models will likely start receiving their vehicles as early as 2024 and even 2025, depending on demand for the vehicle in the United States.