Lucid to Start Deliveries of Electric Cars With Range Exceeding Tesla’s in October

Martwaine Robinson works to marry the body structure with the battery pack and the front and rear sub frames as he and fellow workers assemble electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Ariz., on Sept. 28, 2021. Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters

CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—U.S. startup Lucid Group Inc., said on Tuesday it will start delivering luxury electric sedans with a Tesla-beating driving range in late October, posing a major challenge to the market leader whose sales of premium models have stagnated.

The California-based Lucid began production of its long-delayed Lucid Air cars at its Arizona factory on Tuesday, and said it aims to ramp plant’s capacity up to 90,000 vehicles per annum in the next two years.