First take a look at Lucid’s proposed Arizona plant

Lucid Motors, flush with a $1 billion funding from Saudi Arabia, is predicted to interrupt floor later this 12 months on a brand new plant in Casa Grande, Arizona.

The $700 million plant was first introduced in 2016 and now we have now our first take a look at the deliberate website by way of pictures filed final week with Casa Grande’s Planning and Growing Division and obtained by The Verge.

Based on info included within the submitting, the location will characteristic 820,000 sq. ft of plant area. To save lots of prices, Lucid will initially lease the land on which the plant is to be constructed however can have the choice to buy it in 5 years. The proprietor is Pinal County which raised nearly $30 million in bonds to buy it.

Lucid AIr

Lucid, which is headed by Peter Rawlinson, who was the lead engineer of the Tesla Mannequin S, final mentioned it needed to have its first mannequin in manufacturing in 2020. The primary mannequin might be a luxurious sedan known as the Air. The Air was unveiled in late 2016 and on the time Lucid promised the bottom mannequin would supply 400 horsepower and 240 miles of vary. The range-topping model was mentioned to supply as a lot as 1,000 hp and 400 miles of vary.

Prototypes for the Air have reached a late stage of growth and Lucid has a cope with Electrify America to offer future homeowners with hassle-free charging. An SUV is tipped to be the second mannequin Lucid is planning.

Lucid’s headquarters are situated in Newark, California. Along with Saudi Arabia, the corporate has additionally acquired funding from China’s Tsing Capital and LeEco. The latter is the tv streaming firm that additionally backed Faraday Future.