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The Luxury Electric SUV Designed Without Compromise, Now Starting at $79,900¹
Debuting at the 2025 Los Angeles International Auto Show, November 21–30
NEWARK, CA. – November 20, 2025 – Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAǪ: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, today announced the launch of the Lucid Gravity Touring, the newest addition to its groundbreaking Lucid Gravity SUV lineup. Starting at $79,900,1 Lucid Gravity Touring now offers Lucid’s signature blend of space, performance, and efficiency to a broader audience.
Customer orders are now open, with select configurations available for immediate delivery at lucidmotors.com/available-vehicles.
“The Lucid Gravity Touring unlocks a new audience for the Lucid brand in the broad and critical SUV segment,” said Marc Winterhoff, Interim CEO at Lucid. “There’s not another SUV in its segment that can deliver the combination of range, interior space, and driving performance found in the Lucid Gravity Touring.”
Expanding the Gravity Model Lineup
Lucid Gravity redefines the SUV category with a clean-sheet design enabled by Lucid’s proprietary EV technology. Lucid Gravity Touring offers the practicality of a full-size SUV within the footprint of a mid-size, seating up to seven adults and delivering game-changing versatility.Built on the same platform as the Lucid Gravity Grand Touring, Lucid Gravity Touring features Lucid’s high-efficiency battery and powertrain architecture, advanced vehicle dynamics, and native NACS compatibility for ultra-fast charging. With an 89kWh battery pack, Lucid Gravity Touring achieves an EPA-estimated range of up to 337 miles.2
Charging is seamless with access to more than 25,000 Tesla Superchargers, thousands of Electrify America DC fast-charging connectors, and a multitude of additional DC fast- charging stations across North America. Lucid Gravity Touring can charge at speeds up to 300 kW at 1000V DC fast chargers to add 200 miles in 15 minutes. When connected to a Tesla Supercharger, Lucid Gravity Touring can charge at up to 220 kW thanks to Lucid’s proprietary rear motor drive unit boost charging capability, which boosts the 500V station voltage to match the high voltage of the Lucid battery pack.
Performance Meets Lifestyle Capability
The dual-motor, all-wheel-drive Lucid Gravity Touring delivers up to 560 horsepower and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.0 seconds. Standard air suspension and an optional Dynamic Handling Package delivers refined ride quality and agile handling.Interior configurations include five- and seven-seat layouts with up to 120 cubic feet of adaptable cargo space in the five-seat configuration. Customers can choose from six exterior colors and wheel designs ranging from 20 to 23 inches. The standard Stealth Appearance features dark polished finishes, while the optional Platinum Appearance adds bright silver accents.
The Lucid Experience
The Lucid Gravity Touring inherits the bold design and human-centric technology of the Grand Touring, including:• Clearview Cockpit: A 34-inch curved 6K OLED display, for driver visibility.
• Lucid UX 3.0 + Over-the-Air Updates: A software-defined experience that evolves over time.
• DreamDrive 2 Pro (Optional): Lucid’s most advanced driver-assistance system with 32 onboard sensors.The Lucid Gravity Touring can be configured at lucidmotors.com/configure/gravity.
Los Angeles International Auto Show
Lucid Gravity Touring will make its public debut at the 2025 Los Angeles International Auto Show, November 21–30. Attendees can experience the Lucid Gravity Touring, Lucid Gravity Grand Touring, and Lucid Air Sapphire at Lucid’s South Hall activation. Demo drives will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.Learn more at https://lucidmotors.com/events.
1 For U.S. customers only. Excludes tax, title, license, options, destination and documentation fees.
2 When equipped with 20″F/21″R wheels and configured as a 2-row, 5-seat vehicle. Range and battery power vary with temperature, driving habits, charging and battery condition and actual results will vary.About Lucid Group
Lucid (NASDAǪ: LCID) is a Silicon Valley-based technology company focused on creating the most advanced EVs in the world. The award-winning Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity SUV deliver best-in-class performance, sophisticated design, expansive interior space and unrivaled energy efficiency. Lucid assembles both vehicles in its state-of-the-art, vertically integrated factories in Arizona and Saudi Arabia. Through its industry-leading technology and innovations, Lucid is advancing the state-of-the-art of EV technology for the benefit of all.Investor Relations Contact
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This communication contains trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of Lucid Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries and other companies, which are the property of their respective owners.Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “will,” “shall,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “target,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding plans and expectations with respect to Lucid Gravity Touring, including its order timing and starting price, features, capabilities, equipment, options, configurations, range, charging performance and compatibility, access to the Tesla Supercharger network and Electrify America stations, plans and expectations with respect to the timing of Lucid Gravity Touring’s public debut and experiences at the 2025 Los Angeles International Auto Show, as well as the promise of Lucid’s technology. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication, and on the current expectations of Lucid’s management. These forward-looking statements are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ from these forward-looking statements. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Lucid. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those factors discussed under the cautionary language and the Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, subsequent Ǫuarterly Reports on Form 10-Ǫ, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other documents Lucid has filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of these risks materialize or Lucid’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Lucid currently does not know or that Lucid currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Lucid’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Lucid anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Lucid’s assessments to change. However, while Lucid may elect to update these forward- looking statements at some point in the future, Lucid specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Lucid’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication.
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‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers
Autonomous self-driving cars and taxis are already on the roads of San Francisco and Beijing. There are also autonomous tram-style services around Oxfordshire and Dubai.
Now researchers in the Italian city of Trento are planning to pilot a scheme of autonomous 17-seater shuttle buses which can divert to the homes of travellers. The first stage of the “robot buses” pilot is expected to cover the historic city centre, where approximately ten vehicles powered by clean hydro-electric energy will operate for up to 18 hours per day.
The pilot is expected to be initially funded by government grants to demonstrate the reliability of this type of vehicle, improving user acceptance so the service could then use private funding to grow to move beyond the city. The starting date is not yet confirmed.
The plan is that members of the public would use an app to call for an autonomous, AI-driven bus to pick them up. A similar transport system already exists using human drivers (for example, there is an app-based Bus on Demand operating in Coventry, UK). Some on-demand bus services, such as Mi-link in Oxfordshire, even use autonomous vehicles, but not to the level of digital integration being explored in Trento.
The Trento pilot plans to use smart roads around the city, part of a national project, where the roads communicate with the autonomous vehicles so that they can have the data it needs to make split-second decisions. This provides driverless vehicles with information about unforeseen events and allows complex coordination and collaborative manoeuvres where driverless vehicles communicate with the roads and with each other.
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The autonomous shuttle expected to be used in Trento is a compact battery-electric vehicle carrying up to 17 passengers manufactured by Toyota.
Toyota
The idea behind the project is that one-to-one replacement of cars or taxis with autonomous vehicles would add a bit of convenience but would not do much for congestion or emissions. It could even be counterproductive if the increased convenience encourages people to travel more.
A more positive scenario is possible when AI enables new transport models such as the driverless shuttle. The Trento team estimate that replacing 100,000 private petrol cars with 5,882 shared electric shuttles could potentially yield around a 92% annual CO2 reduction – an impressive figure, but one that can only be achieved if riding a shuttle becomes more attractive and convenient than driving a car.
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Conventional bus services simply are not a sufficiently attractive alternative to car use outside the dense centres of major cities. as they are often infrequent and don’t come close to people’s homes in many cases.
If a new type of public transport could offer a better alternative, then more environmental benefits could emerge. Think of a system where you don’t need to conform to bus timetables and operating times – or even bus routes. The bus comes to you when you call it and takes you where you want to go. Driverless taxis can offer that, but at a higher cost not only financially, but also in terms of congestion and energy consumption.
The planned Trento design is where you have small shared autonomous vehicles offering travel at bus level fares – or lower. The use of driverless vehicles offers potentially radical improvements to the cost and quality of the service that could result in people preferring this type of shuttle to driving their cars.
Small driverless shuttles could operate more frequently and flexibly and even operate a 24/7 service. As the plan is to combine bookings to pool the journeys of passengers going in the same direction, the cost of the ride (which was already low on account of not paying for the driver) becomes even lower for a shared ride.
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Vehicle automation is perceived as having potential risks and benefits. On the one hand, there is a clear risk that jobs in the transport industry will disappear. On the other, autonomous transport will help ensure that people without cars or those unable to drive can maintain access to work.
This kind of public transport system that offers a convenient alternative to personal car use would substantially reduce environmental impact, reduce congestion for all and make for more socially inclusive towns and cities. As the service provides a level of convenience close to that of a taxi, but a cost similar or lower than that of a bus, the possibility of moving society away from car dependence could become more realistic.
Environmentally, it has been estimated that adoption of driverless vehicles in major cities could result in a reduction of up to 34% of the total carbon emissions from transportation by 2050.

In MIlton Keynes, UK, a small driverless pod was introduced in 2014 and a driverless shuttle was trialled in 2023, although these have been limited experiments.
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What’s happening elsewhere?
Globally other systems are being explored and are likely to emerge in the next few years. Milton Keynes in the UK already operates a small vehicle service booked by app.
The service creates “virtual bus stops” that pick up and drop passengers in locations that are close to their homes and are also convenient to other passengers sharing the same vehicle.
Unlike the Trento service, the service in Milton Keynes is operated by human drivers. Potentially, this limits the flexibility of the service as humans cannot, and should not, operate 18 hours a day without breaks and the number of drivers available limits the size of the fleet.
There are plans to expand this with small autonomous buses on fixed routes, but trials so far have always had a human driver on board for safety purposes.
Projects, such as the one in Trento, plus other emerging autonomous vehicle service systems, start to move cities towards a reinvention of public transport using high-tech advances. This means public transport could appeal to more people if it becomes more convenient and cheaper. It, therefore, has the potential to persuade more people to leave their cars at home, with big benefits for the planet.

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