Lucid believes the Air could be a superb police automobile as a consequence of its vary, room, and efficiency
- The California Freeway Patrol lately examined a modified model of the Lucid Air, often known as the Lucid Pursuit.
- It featured an assortment of police-spec upgrades together with emergency lights, a push bumper, and metal wheels.
- Pricing for the civilian model of the Air begins at $70K for the 430 hp base mannequin and soars to $249K for the 1,234 hp Sapphire.
The California Freeway Patrol’s motto is “Security, Service, and Safety,” however you would possibly must throw recharging into the combo because the legislation enforcement company lately examined a modified model of the Lucid Air. It’s dubbed the Lucid Pursuit and it makes for one trendy police cruiser.
Whereas the automaker didn’t have a lot to say, they launched photos of an Air outfitted with emergency lights and push bumpers. They’re joined by metal wheels and a traditional two-tone paint job. We will additionally see a badge-like graphic with a bear representing California in addition to lightning bolts indicating the mannequin is electrical.
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Lucid was coy on specifics, however advised the Air’s “unmatched mixture” of vary, efficiency, and room would make it superb for legislation enforcement responsibility. You’ll discover pricing wasn’t talked about and there’s a superb motive for that because the Air Pure begins at $69,900. And that’s earlier than making an allowance for all of the inevitable and expensive modifications wanted to outfit a civilian-spec mannequin for police work.
Even so, that’s excess of the outdated Dodge Charger Pursuit, however Lucid’s EV has 430 hp (321 kW / 436 PS) and an estimated vary of 420 miles (676 km). The $78,900 Air Touring ups the ante with 620 hp (462 kW / 629 PS), which permits for a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of three.4 seconds. Regardless of the soar in efficiency, the vary solely falls 14 miles (23 km).
For departments with greater budgets and/or an entire disregard of taxpayer {dollars}, there’s the Air Grand Touring and Sapphire. The previous begins at $110,900 and has 819 hp (611 kW / 830 PS) in addition to a variety of 512 miles (824 km). The Sapphire, however, is a $249,000 hypercar that sports activities 1,234 hp (920 kW / 1,251 PS) and a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of 1.89 seconds.
