Lucid Air Dream Edition: How The Luxury EV Performs

The next high-end electric vehicle from Lucid Motors is the incredible

Lucid Air Dream Performance Edition. It has 1,111 horsepower, which is almost the same

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Fortunately, Brooks Weisblat of the DragTimes YouTube channel was able to give it a look.

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He went to Hennessey Performance to take it for a spin, learn more about all that electric

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power, and take a peek at some of its most amazing features.

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Weisblat and Sanjay, the owner, go over some of the better aspects of the vehicle. Like many

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vehicles nowadays, it has cameras on the side, and the cool opening sequence at the front is a lovely

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The front trunk has a lot of capacity, and both the front and rear seats have a ton of legroom

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The rear and side sun screens are a great addition and what you would expect from

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The 5K front HUD and screen are very clean and uncluttered. Weisblat really examines this

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Weisblat thinks it might be able to do a sub-nine second run on the strip.

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With the car in full power, sprint launch mode, the car hooks right up and flies off the line

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