Lucid Air 2025 Review: What’s New in the Luxury EV?

Since the beginning of production in 2021 Lucid Air keeps shocking the EV world with outstanding range abilities, new level of luxury in electric world and astonishing acceleration of Air Sapphire which is faster than even a Tesla Model S Plaid rival. 2025 brought some new improvements to the Air lineup, let’s see what was changed and is Lucid Air a still competitive electric sedan with one of the longest range on market or it’s time to switch to other options.

Lucid Air Overview: Why Is It So Remarkable?

When the Lucid Air launched in 2021, its specs stunned the EV world: the Dream Edition Range delivered a record-breaking 520 miles of EPA-estimated range, while the Dream Edition Performance hit 60 mph in just 2.6 seconds, making it one of the fastest EVs ever. Following this success, Lucid introduced a range of new trims with strong specs, competitive pricing, and a rapidly growing fan base. Let’s look back at the trims available throughout the history of the Air lineup:

• Air Pure RWD (2022 – Present): Lucid Air’s base trim still delivers a solid EPA-estimated range of 415+ miles, varying by wheel size and production year. It’s currently available with pricing starting at $69,900.
• Air Pure AWD (2023 – 2024): The Pure AWD used the same battery as the base Pure but added all-wheel drive, improving 0–60 times by nearly a second. Still, poor sales led to its discontinuation after just one year.
• Air Touring (2022 – Present): Touring is the next step above Pure. Initially, both trims used the same battery, but in 2024 Lucid gave Pure a smaller pack, while Touring retained the original size. Touring also comes only with AWD and more power, delivering a quicker 0–60 time of 3.4 seconds.
• Air Grand Touring (2022 – Present): This is the range leader in the new Air lineup. It delivers over 460 miles of range, with the smallest wheels pushing it past 510 miles of EPA-estimated range, thanks to a larger battery pack. Its 0–60 mph time of 3 seconds is more than enough for any real-world scenario. A true golden middle.
• Air Grand Touring Performance (2022 – 2024): GT Performance was a refined version of the regular GT trim, capable of hitting 60 mph in 2.7 seconds. However, the improvement came with a trade-off: the range dropped to 446 miles (EPA-estimated). Once Sapphire launched, Lucid phased it out, as it didn’t offer enough extra performance over the GT to justify the price.
• Air Dream Edition Performance (2021 – 2022): This trim was a limited edition alongside the Dream Edition Range. The Air Dream Edition Performance was Lucid’s way of demonstrating just how much performance they could pack into an EV back in 2021. With 1,111 horsepower and a 0–60 mph time of just 2.6 seconds, it made serious headlines.
• Air Dream Edition Range (2021 – 2022): Lucid aimed to make more than just a performance statement. The Dream Edition Range trim was built to settle the debate on range, delivering an EPA-estimated 520 miles and confirming Lucid as the brand to beat when it comes to long-distance EVs. Since this trim was discontinued in 2022, no newer Lucid model has managed to surpass its record-setting range.
• Air Sapphire (2023 – Present): Lucid’s most expensive and fastest model, the Sapphire, was built to dominate the road. With a jaw-dropping 0–60 mph time under 1.9 seconds and 205 mph of top speed, it outpaces even the quickest Tesla Model S Plaid in real-world tests. Still, its $249,000 price tag makes it a rare sight.

2025 Lucid Updates: What’s Changed?

With all Air trims covered, it’s time to find out what 2025 has in store: are the latest updates truly worth considering when picking the right model, or nothing major to worry about?

The most noticeable change received the base Pure trim: now its battery capacity reduced from previous 88.0 kWh to 84.0 kWh. However, don’t worry that it affected range somehow, on the contrary, it was improved… but just by one mile, and now Pure RWD trim reaches 420 miles of maximum EPA-estimated range. It is possible because of the weight reduction and 146 MPGe energy efficiency rating, one of the best in class.

Another important feature which was added to all of the trims is a heat pump. Finally, Air drivers will be able to save more energy while using climate controls or preconditioning the car before charging or driving. Also, this is one of the reasons why Lucid Air gained more range across several trims, as the heat pump helps conserve energy and prolong overall range.

Another improvement which would definitely make Lucid Air owners enjoy ownership more is the new control hardware with greater processing power. We hope that this update will help reduce system lagging and bugs, which in some cases were so serious that you couldn’t even drive your Lucid Air.

Along with complimentary scheduled maintenance plan that covers two years or 24,000 miles Lucid Air owners of 2025 Air will also receive new driver-assistance features such as blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, and a 360-degree exterior camera system.

EV.com Insight

The updated Lucid Air is just one part of Lucid’s upcoming growth, even despite current challenges. Alongside the Air updates, we’re still waiting for new trims of the Gravity SUV and more affordable future models. However, coming back to the topic, we should admit that 2025 improvements aren’t as major as many expected — no new trims were added and overall changes are relatively minor. Still, the upgrades Lucid did bring are meaningful, and the Air is now more high-tech than ever, especially with the new heat pump, which is finally standard on all trims.