Lucid reveals more about its Tesla-defying battery system

When Lucid shared its record-breaking battery range for an electric vehicle earlier this month, the luxury EV maker didn't explain much about how it got to over 500 miles.

On Wednesday, the California-based company gave a few more details on how the Air crushed Tesla's 402-mile battery range to reach 517 miles on a single charge.

It all comes down to the 113-kWH extended range battery pack Lucid has built with its in-house battery maker Atieva. 113-kWH indicates how much energy the battery can store, a higher capacity than those used in most other passenger EVs..

By comparison, Tesla's Model S has both 100- and 75-kWh battery options, while the newer Model 3 has batteries with 54- and 75-kWh of energy storagePorsche's Taycan EV battery, meanwhile, has a capacity of 93.4 kWh. Read more...

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