Lucid Motors has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance driven by an electric vehicle on a single charge, covering 1,205.8 kilometers (749.2 miles) in a Lucid Air Grand Touring.
The record-setting journey took place late last week, following a planned route across Switzerland, Austria, and Germany — from St. Moritz to Munich.
According to a video that EV had exclusive access to, the drive was completed by Umit Sabanci and Kenneth Schofield (both from the UK), and Fergal McGrath (Ireland), in a Lucid Air GT.
The team departed on July 5 and arrived in Munich the following day.
“It’s a true test of range, planning and efficiency,” Sabanci said in the video. “It’s about showing what electric vehicles are capable of today. Not just in theory, but in action.”
“Lucid Air Grand Touring is the king of range,” he added.
The EV maker is expected to publish the video across social media later this Tuesday or over the next few days.
Below is the full video obtained by EV.
In December 2023, Chinese EV maker Nio demonstrated a similar long-range achievement, completing a 1,044-kilometer (648-mile) drive on a single charge using its ET7 sedan.
That journey — livestreamed by the company’s founder and CEO, William Li — started in Shanghai and ended in Xiamen, along China’s east coast.
Powered by the company’s newly launched 150-kilowatt-hour semi-solid-state battery, the ET7 still had 30% charge remaining after 430 miles and crossed the 1,000-kilometer mark with 7% battery left, completing the 14-hour trip with Li alternating between driving and riding as a passenger.
Lucid’s Air Grand Touring, the model used in the Guinness record run, is priced at €129,900 in the German market.
The model has a WLTP-rated driving range of up to 882 kilometers, making it one of the longest-range EVs available in Europe.
Powered by dual electric motors, the Air Grand Touring delivers 611 kW (831 PS) of peak output, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds.
The sedan also supports ultra-fast charging, with the ability to add up to 400 kilometers of range in approximately 16 minutes using compatible high-power DC chargers.
According to a range test conducted by the Norwegian Automobile Federation (NAF) and the media outlet Motor.no, the Grand Touring trim of the Lucid Air ranked first among 27 electric vehicles tested in the Scandinavian country.
The driving range of the model was 130 km short of the 960 km it advertises, making it the model with the largest negative deviation (-13%) from the range claimed by the brand.
However, at a range of 832 km, the model set a record-high among EVs in Norway.
Other available trims in Germany include the Air Pure starting at €85,000, the Air Touring starting at €99,900, and the Air Sapphire listed at €250,000, with first deliveries expected by the end of 2025.
Lucid has recently rolled out the highly awaited Android Auto feature to all its Air vehicles in North America.
The California-based EV maker registered 19 in January, 9 in February, 7 in March, and 6 vehicles in April, and 15 vehicles in May in Germany, Europe’s largest car market.
Lucid sold 28 vehicles across its four markets in Europe in May, seven additional units when compared to the 21 sedans it sold a year ago.
Last month, Lucid’s Managing Director in Europe Lawrence Hamilton said that the company expects to be present across the UK, France, Italy, and Spain “over the next 18 months.”
The Belgian and Danish markets will be two of the upcoming new regions for the Newark-based brand.
