This Electric Car Has Just Gone Faster Than Any Production Ferrari Or Lamborghini

Say what you like about the electric car technology race, but nothing can stop the Lucid Motors Air from being ridiculously, outrageously fast

A prototype electric car has just set a top speed faster than a whole heap of petrol-fuelled supercars.

The Lucid Motors Air has just been tested all the way up to 235mph – faster than the v-max of the LaFerrari, Zenvo ST1 and Lamborghini Veneno – and its makers say it will go faster. The McLaren F1 set a 241mph benchmark; it would be something if the Air could beat that.

This test mule may be stripped bare of any interior gubbins, but there’s no denying the Air is fast. Although the firm has confessed that it doesn’t yet have the money to build a factory to actually put the car into mass production, it’s clearly making solid progress on taking the EV fight to Tesla after removing the 217mph electronic speed limiter.

This Electric Car Has Just Gone Faster Than Any Production Ferrari Or Lamborghini

The company is staying tight-lipped on the transmission details, but we have to expect that there’s an actual gearbox involved here. A single-speeder would never be able to operate properly at low speeds if it was geared high enough to hit 235mph. High-spec Air models will apparently now target a 400-mile range at a gentle cruise. Power output will be a handy 1000bhp.

A factory in Arizona is planned, but 2019 is the earliest that work can start unless more money is quickly poured into the company. When it’s up and running, churning out the Air, entry-level models are expected (hoped) to go on sale for around $60,000. Top-end cars should break the $100,000 barrier.

Via: Jalopnik

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Comments

Anonymous

It looks like crap too

07/11/2017 - 13:20 |
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Teoman

Oh boy, im sure everyone will sell their exotic italian cars to buy one these! /s

07/11/2017 - 13:23 |
164 | 0

imo even the prius (new one at least) looks better than that…

07/11/2017 - 13:25 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Teoman

Mirage be like…

07/11/2017 - 13:34 |
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Tomislav Celić

Muheheheeheh
Prepare to surender to your Electric overlord

07/11/2017 - 13:25 |
6 | 6
DL🏁

Until production starts, it’s all BS

Anyone willing to accept a bet that this company will be dead before they sell a single production car?

07/11/2017 - 13:31 |
104 | 2

Bruh exactly this is just another startup company that’s gonna fail in a couple months

07/11/2017 - 13:35 |
40 | 2

Not really
Everybody said that when Koenigsegg came and look at it now

07/11/2017 - 14:12 |
22 | 2

Hope they dont go full Delorean…

07/12/2017 - 14:15 |
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Deoxide

Hehe.. Dodge Demon is nex.. Reads it had a handy 1000hp
Fk

07/11/2017 - 13:32 |
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Monty4248

I’d pay to see this and the model s turned into touring cars, keep their high power output, and battle It out on track. Anyone else?

07/11/2017 - 14:13 |
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5:19.55

Basically electric tunning… Japanese are always in the future

07/11/2017 - 14:27 |
2 | 0
omgodzilla

Wow, another fast electric car! How interesting. -No one ever

07/11/2017 - 15:13 |
6 | 8

I think they’re interesting

07/11/2017 - 15:32 |
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Anonymous

Are we sure it’s not a “lucid” dream?

07/11/2017 - 15:19 |
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Olds Alero

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Seinfeld music plays

07/11/2017 - 16:27 |
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Steve Buscemi

Oh come on, that’s probably tuned like crazy. I’d like to see the production car do anything close to that.

07/11/2017 - 15:52 |
14 | 2

Well, even if they stripped it, a steel cage of that size will put at least a good portion of that weight back

07/11/2017 - 21:52 |
0 | 0

Weight doesn’t affect top speed. The drag force is still the same.

07/12/2017 - 08:07 |
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