2025 Lucid Air Pure is America’s best EV

• The 2025 Lucid Air Pure just became essentially the most efficient automobile in America.
• The Pure has an EPA-rated range of 420 miles.
• The worth? $71,400, base.

The 2025 Lucid Air Pure—the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive version of the Air electric luxury sedan—continues to supply more range than the Tesla Model S for lower than $80,000.

Lucid on Tuesday confirmed a 420-mile EPA-estimated range for the Air Pure, which was rated at 419 miles as a 2024 model. That equates to five.0 miles per kwh from the Pure’s 84-kwh battery pack, based solely on the range rating. Lucid expects a 146 MPGe EPA efficiency rating as well, which equates to about 4.3 miles per kwh within the EPA combined driving cycle.

This implies the Air Pure uses less electricity to get from one place to a different than any EV currently available, Lucid claims. That keeps the dimensions of the battery pack in check, reducing consumption of raw materials, cost, and demand on the grid when it is time to charge, Lucid notes in a press release. It’s one other reminder that efficiency is what really drives Lucid engineering.

Considering the scope of vehicles rated by the EPA, it is also essentially the most efficient U.S.-market vehicle of any fuel or powertrain type.

The Air Pure was initially available with all-wheel drive, but Lucid adding the rear-wheel-drive version in late 2023 and eventually dropped the all-wheel-drive configuration in an effort to streamline the Air lineup. Lucid cut the value by $7,500 earlier this 12 months to $71,400. That price stays in effect for 2025, keeping the Air Pure below the Tesla Model S, which starts at $74,630 with dual-motor all-wheel drive and a 402-mile range.

For 2025, the warmth pump previously available on the Air Grand Touring and high-performance Air Sapphire is now standard across the lineup, helping to cut back range loss in cold weather. All models also receive recent control hardware with triple the processing power and twice the memory, in line with Lucid.

An expanded driver-assistance suite can also be rolling out for 2025, adding features like a surround-view camera system and a live blind-spot camera view, while Grand Touring models receive an upgraded audio system.

The all-wheel-drive Grand Touring’s range drops barely for 2025, from 516 miles to 512 miles, nevertheless it’s still by far the longest-range EV currently on sale. It’s priced from $112,400 which, just like the Pure pricing, is unchanged from 2024. The Air Touring stays the least-expensive all-wheel-drive Air, with an $80,400 base price and as much as 406 miles of range.