Lucid’s Alpha Speed Car lives up to its name. Lucid Motors made its first auto show appearance at the New York Auto Show and brought the Alpha Speed with it. According to Motor1, when it was tested at the Transportation Research Center Ohio test track, the car hit a top speed of 217mph on the 7.5-mile track. That’s on par with the Ferrari LaFerrari. And that speed was actually with software limitations. The car performed so well, that the company now has plans to go back to the track to test it without the top speed limiting software. This makes it one of the fastest electric cars on the market if it makes it to production.
The base model starts at $60,000 and is scheduled to be on the market by 2019. High-end models will be in the $100,000 range but offer 1,000 horsepower and a 400-mile range. Is that enough speed to make you an electric car fan? Let us know in the comments.
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looks like a tesla silhouette
Alls I can say is WOW. Iam definitely an old school muscle car guy who loves the rumble of the high hp of a ICE, but have been telling everyone the Electric car performance wars has just started. Tesla has been the standard when it came to performance, but Lucid Air has definitely started the competition, which will lead to only improved performance in these vehicles. They are definitely the future of automotive, but can never replace my love of the muscle car. Although if I was rich, I would love to have one as a daily driver to go with my weekend muscle car toy lol.