Lucid Motors announced on Wednesday that it has delivered the first Gravity vehicle in Germany — marking the official beginning of deliveries for its second model in Europe.
The announcement came four months after Lucid’s initial target and nearly a month after an owner shared on Reddit that he had picked up a pre-configured Gravity at the Frankfurt Service Center.
A Lucid sales advisor in Switzerland had also stated in late February that deliveries were starting on the continent — yet the company took until this week to formally acknowledge the milestone.
The Gravity was delivered to Johann Lafer, the Austrian-born celebrity chef and television personality who has been a household name in Germany for decades.
“A milestone moment in Germany,” the company wrote on LinkedIn. “The first Lucid Gravity has officially been delivered in Germany — a proud step forward in our European expansion.”
However, a Lucid spokesperson approached EV later on Thursday with a different delivery timeline.
“Lucid confirms that the first European customer delivery of the Lucid Gravity took place in the Netherlands in late December 2025, followed by the first delivery in Germany in late February 2026,” the company said in a statement to EV.
“Most recently, Lucid’s first retail partner in Germany, Wackenhut GmbH & Co. KG, delivered its first Lucid Gravity vehicle to Johann Lafer, chef and TV personality,” Lucid’s spokesperson added.
The delivery took place alongside Wackenhut, the family-owned automotive retail group headquartered in Nagold, Baden-Württemberg.
Wackenhut was the first dealer contract Lucid signed in Europe, as exclusively reported by EV in February.
The mobility group represents Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Aston Martin, Smart and Škoda across multiple locations in the state.
Lucid described the event as “an important collaboration and a strong start for Lucid Gravity in the market.”
Delayed European Rollout
The official announcement came after repeated delays in the Gravity’s European rollout.
At the IAA Auto Show in Munich last September, Winterhoff and Hamilton told reporters — including EV — that the first European deliveries would take place in January 2026.
At the time, Winterhoff said a few units could potentially arrive before the end of 2025.
That timeline was missed without a public announcement.
The delay coincided with a seat supplier issue that significantly affected Gravity deliveries globally.
In its first-quarter earnings report released this week, Lucid said the defect caused more than $200 million in revenue impairment during the period.
The company recalled more than 4,000 Gravity SUVs in the United States — nearly all units produced until mid-February — after discovering that second-row seat belt anchors were not properly welded, a defect attributed to supplier Camaco.
The issue has since been resolved, and the company said March momentum recovered.
Shift to Hybrid Distribution
The delivery through Wackenhut reflects Lucid‘s broader shift away from a direct-to-consumer sales model in Europe toward a hybrid distribution approach that combines company-owned showrooms with local dealership partnerships.
Wackenhut began selling and servicing Lucid vehicles from its Baden-Baden facility on March 30, with Stuttgart set to follow this summer.
Additional Wackenhut branches will offer service support to expand regional coverage.
Outgoing interim CEO Marc Winterhoff confirmed during the fourth-quarter earnings call that the company was in advanced discussions with more than 10 additional dealer groups and importer candidates across Europe.
Last September, Europe President Lawrence Hamilton had told Automobilwoche that Lucid was targeting 12 to 15 German cities as an initial step, with plans to eventually reach 50 to 60 locations through a shop-in-shop format.
The company currently operates its own showrooms in Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Hamburg.
German Market
Lucid offers both the Air sedan and the Gravity SUV in Germany.
The Gravity SUV is priced from €99,900 for the Touring trim and €116,900 for the Grand Touring variant.
A fully loaded Grand Touring reaches up to €151,550.
The Lucid Air sedan is priced between €85,900 for the entry-level Pure trim and €250,000 for the Sapphire variant.
The high-performance edition was recently named the 2026 German Performance Car of the Year.
Lucid registered 17 vehicles in Germany in March, according to data from the country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA).
Of those, 12 were Gravity SUVs and five were Air sedans, according to data tracking platform EU-EVs.
Registrations include test drive, showroom and press vehicles and may not correspond directly to customer deliveries.
The KBA is scheduled to report April sales figures on May 11.
Throughout 2025, the EV maker sold 183 vehicles in Germany, a 53% decline from 392 units in 2024.
The broader German EV market, however, has been posting strong growth.
A total of 86,120 battery electric vehicles were registered in March, a new monthly record and a 24.2% increase year-over-year.
The rebound comes as Germany’s reinstated purchase incentive — worth around €3 billion through 2029 and offering private buyers between €3,000 and €6,000 depending on household income and family size — begins to filter through the market.
European Expansion
Across the continent, Lucid registered 54 vehicles in the first quarter of 2026.
It plans to expand from four to as many as 12 European markets by the end of this year.
Belgium is expected this summer, followed by Denmark, France, Italy and Spain — relying exclusively on local dealer partnerships for the new markets.
The United Kingdom entry, however, has been pushed to 2027, when the company plans to launch with its upcoming Cosmos mid-size SUV instead of the Air or Gravity.
CFO Taoufiq Boussaid acknowledged that the company’s current models are oversized for European buyers.
“There’s not a tremendous growth that we’re attributing to that region, which will change with the midsize,” he said.
The United States generated 84.4% of Lucid’s full-year revenue in 2025, with European sales contributing less than 3%.
Leadership Transition
In April, the company named Silvio Napoli — formerly CEO of Swiss elevator company Schindler Group — as its next chief executive.
Winterhoff is expected to return to his former role as chief operating officer once Napoli takes the helm.
Earlier this week, upon reporting its first-quarter earnings results, the company suspended its full-year production guidance pending Napoli’s strategic review.
Lucid reported first-quarter revenue of $282.5 million, a 20% year-over-year increase but well below analyst expectations of roughly $440 million.
Gross margin declined to -110%, after deliveries were disrupted for most of March.
