A new drone flyover of Lucid Motors’ EV plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, has revealed a growing number of Gravity SUVs parked across staging lots, reinforcing signs that the Saudi-backed electric carmaker is ramping up production of its second model.
The latest drone footage, filmed on Saturday by YouTube user Lucid Flys, showed hundreds of Gravity SUVs in black, green and white at the Casa Grande site.
Despite not being a weekday, the drone operator said there were “quite a few employees working on a Saturday.”
“Not as many as a typical weekday that I’ve been here before, but quite a few employees working on a Saturday, which is good to see,” he stated.
“I know that they’re gradually trying to ramp up Gravity and it looks like adding shifts on the weekend is one way to do that — It looks like Lucid is doing that,” he added.
In contrast, the video captured fewer Lucid Air sedans, the brand’s debut model launched in 2021.
“There looked like there were more Lucid Airs on July 2nd than there are now,” the YouTuber said during his commentary, noting open space in staging areas where the sedan had previously been stored.
He suggested that the reduced number of Airs can be related to Lucid’s recent announcement of the 2026 model year version. “Lucid may be transitioning from 2025s to 2026s,” he added.
Turning to the Gravity, Lucid Flys highlighted stronger activity on the site. Based on the flyover video, Lucid had about 1,000 units of its Gravity SUV parked across several lots in Casa Grande.
“It’s good to see a lot of activity on a Saturday,” he remarked, describing staff moving newly built vehicles into position and vans transporting workers to bring more SUVs out for staging.
“There’s definitely a lot more Gravity today than on July 2nd,” he said, pointing to two large lots filled with the new model.
As reported by EV in early July, the previous drone flyover had shown about 600 Gravity SUVs parked.
He also commented on the mix of units awaiting shipment. “Most of those are looking like they’re black and green to me, with the exception of one white one. Previously, I think there was more green than black, so it looks like the black Lucid Gravities are coming along fine,” he said.
The observations come as Lucid has sought to reassure customers about progress on the Gravity’s ramp-up.
Last week, interim chief executive Marc Winterhoff told reservation holders that while most configurations are now in production, some remain delayed by component shortages.
In an email obtained by EV, he said the seven-seat SUV had “faced a few challenges, including supplier constraints,” but added that “deliveries are accelerating” and that nearly all build combinations are expected to be available by the end of summer.
LucidFlys, who has ordered a Gravity SUV on the day the EV maker started accepting them, said the supply constraints are related to the heads-up display and the power outlets, saying they “seem to be a bottleneck for the Gravity right now.”
The Newark-based brand has not disclosed which parts are causing the delayed deliveries.
“It seems there is a limited supply of those, so I’m still looking at probably late fall before my Gravity will be available, even though I ordered it on the first day that orders opened up,” the YouTube user stated.
“I hear a lot of the Dream Editions are only shipping with one key fob on a do-bill, so I know that there’s additional supply constraints, not just the heads-up display,” he addded later on.
Nick Twork, Lucid’s global head of communications, said in a separate update earlier in the week that the company had produced more Gravities in the past few weeks than in the first six months of the year.
“Supply chain constraints were behind the initial issues we experienced in scaling up, but we have since addressed many of those constraints and improved manufacturing efficiency during the year,” he said.
“Just in the past few weeks, we have built more Lucid Gravity SUVs than in the first half of the year,” he added.
The latest figures contrast with S&P Global Mobility data showing only nine Gravity SUVs sold in the first half of 2025, consistent with earlier estimates from Motor Intelligence and Cox Automotive.
Winterhoff has recently dismissed Motor Intelligence‘s report of zero sales in July as “totally false.”
For customers who risk not being able to take delivery before the EV tax credit expires on September 30, the brand announced last week that it will offer a $7,500 lease credit, allowing them to continue to benefit from a discount.
In May, a social media post by Adrian Price, Lucid’s senior vice-president of operations, who published images of more than 50 Gravity SUVs lined up outside the facility.
In the first quarter, Lucid confirmed it had shipped more than 600 Gravity units to Saudi Arabia, where final assembly of some vehicles takes place at the company’s AMP-2 plant in King Abdullah Economic City.
Lucid delivered 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a 38% increase from a year earlier, and has lowered its full-year production target from 20,000 vehicles to a range of between 18,000 and 20,000 units.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Andres Sheppard expects 16,650 deliveries this year, including 10,586 Air sedans and 6,064 Gravity SUVs.
To meet the lower end of the goal, Lucid must produce 11,325 vehicles in the second half of the year and 13,325 to meet the high end of the target — effectively doubling its first-half output of 6,675 units.
That includes 2,812 units built in Q1 and 3,863 in Q2, according to company filings.
Lucid continues to assemble partially built Gravity units at its Saudi plant, which is currently being upgraded to a full-scale production facility.
