- Lucid’s deliveries of the Gravity SUV are within the three-digit vary, because of provide chain constraints.
- The automaker started manufacturing of the car in early December 2024.
- Interim CEO Marc Winterhoff admits Lucid is not “the place it desires to be” with Gravity manufacturing, however says the corporate is working to enhance it within the second half of the yr.
Replace and correction Wednesday 10:15 p.m.: An earlier model of this story, based mostly on S&P World Mobility knowledge cited by Automotive Informationclaimed that Lucid bought solely 9 Gravity SUVs by way of June. This determine is “utterly inaccurate,” Lucid officers mentioned, including “the actual quantity is properly into the three-digit vary.” A modified model of the unique story follows beneath. InsideEVs regrets the error.
Lucid actually desires the Gravity to be its second. The Air sedan? It is fairly, it is quick and it will get a hell of lots of vary. It is also a sedan—an costly one at that—which is not precisely the best-selling type issue car today. To repair that, Lucid determined it was going to faucet into America’s insatiable urge for food for SUVs, and pitched the Gravity as its ticket to relevance.
Nonetheless, its ramp-up has been slower than anticipated. A Lucid spokesperson mentioned that gross sales are at present “properly into the three-digit vary.”
“Provide chain constraints have been behind the preliminary points we skilled in scaling up, however we’ve got since addressed a lot of these constraints and improved manufacturing effectivity throughout the yr,” Lucid spokesperson Nick Twork mentioned.
“In overcoming most of those points, we’re additional ramping up Lucid Gravity manufacturing, giving us confidence that we are going to considerably enhance Lucid Gravity manufacturing within the second half of the yr. To place issues in perspective, simply up to now few weeks, we’ve got constructed extra Lucid Gravity SUVs than within the first half of the yr,” he mentioned.
This echoes what Lucid warned about throughout its earnings report for the second quarter: it is “not the place it desires to be” with Gravity manufacturing.
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“I really feel that it is very important acknowledge that we aren’t the place we wish to be with Lucid Gravity manufacturing relative to our goal at this level within the yr,” mentioned Lucid’s interim CEO, Marc Winterhoff, throughout the firm’s earnings name. “Nonetheless, our crew has been working very laborious all yr to deal with bottlenecks in our provide chain and enhance manufacturing effectivity. I’m completely happy to say that we’ve got overcome most of those points and are starting to ramp up Lucid Gravity manufacturing.”
Provide chain bottlenecks, like Chinese language-sourced uncommon earth magnets, have contributed to the manufacturing challenges.
The state of affairs does not appear to have phased Lucid very a lot. Its unique manufacturing goal for 2025 was 20,000 models. It has since lower that quantity right down to “between” 18,000 and 20,000 models. The Lucid Air, in line with S&P, had 4,780 registrations throughout the first half of 2025, which is a rise of 52% year-over-year. That leaves lots of room for the Gravity to fill if Lucid plans to hit even its revised goal.
Winterhoff’s wager is that Lucid will hit the bottom working for the second half of the yr. Extra suppliers delivering these magnets for the drive models, extra vans leaving the manufacturing facility and (most significantly) extra Gravities in precise customized driveways.
