2025 Lucid Air
The 2025 Lucid Air is sold in the U.S. as an electric large sedan with 9 EPA-rated configurations. Its longest-range version, the Air G Touring XR AWD with 19 inch wheels, is EPA-rated at 512 miles with 128 MPGe combined efficiency. NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for this model year, 1 rated critical, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of D. Owners have filed 16 complaints, most often about the forward collision avoidance. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall.

Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Range | kWh/100mi | Charge (240V) | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pure RWD with 19 inch wheels | Electric | RWD | 330 kW ACPM | 149 | 142 | 146 MPGe | 420 mi | 23.1 | 10 h | $500 |
| Air Touring AWD with 19 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 133 | 130 | 132 MPGe | 406 mi | 25.6 | 10 h | $600 |
| Air Pure RWD with 20 inch wheels | Electric | RWD | 330 kW ACPM | 132 | 125 | 129 MPGe | 372 mi | 26.1 | 10 h | $600 |
| Air G Touring XR AWD with 19 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 129 | 126 | 128 MPGe | 512 mi | 26.4 | 13 h | $600 |
| Air Touring AWD with 20 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 124 | 119 | 121 MPGe | 377 mi | 27.8 | 10 h | $600 |
| Air G Touring XR AWD with 20 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 122 | 117 | 120 MPGe | 480 mi | 28.2 | 13 h | $650 |
| Air Touring AWD with 21 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 119 | 113 | 116 MPGe | 361 mi | 28.9 | 10 h | $650 |
| Air G Touring XR AWD with 21 inch wheels | Electric | AWD | 178 and 433 kW ACPM | 114 | 109 | 112 MPGe | 446 mi | 30.1 | 13 h | $700 |
| Air Sapphire AWD | Electric | AWD | 310, 310 and 310 kW ACPM | 108 | 101 | 105 MPGe | 427 mi | 32.1 | 13 h | $700 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 48374, 48377, 48375, 48371, 48378, 48372, 48379, 48373, 48376.
Emissions & certification
Source: EPA emission certificates| Configuration | Smog rating | Emission standard | Where it can be sold new | SmartWay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pure RWD with 19 inch wheels, Air Pure RWD with 20 inch wheels | 10 / 10 | California ZEV / Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 | All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards | SmartWay Elite |
| Air G Touring XR AWD with 19 inch wheels, Air G Touring XR AWD with 20 inch wheels, Air G Touring XR AWD with 21 inch wheels, Air Sapphire AWD, Air Touring AWD with 19 inch wheels, Air Touring AWD with 20 inch wheels, Air Touring AWD with 21 inch wheels | 10 / 10 | Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 / California ZEV | All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards | SmartWay Elite |
Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.
The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.
Specifications filed with NHTSA
Source: NHTSA vPICDimensions Exterior
| Body style | Sedan/Saloon |
| Doors | 4 |
| GVWR class | Class 1D: 5,001 - 6,000 lb (2,268 - 2,722 kg) |
Fuel Economy
| Fuel | Electric |
Driver assistance
Standard: Adaptive cruise control, Anti-lock brakes, Automatic emergency braking, Backup camera, Blind-spot monitoring, Electronic stability control, Forward collision warning, Lane departure warning, Lane keeping assist, Parking assist, Pedestrian automatic emergency braking, Rear cross-traffic alert
Filed by the manufacturer with NHTSA under the federal vehicle-identification rule and decoded from the VIN pattern — not a manufacturer press kit, so it describes the configurations we could identify rather than every trim (seen: Pure, Touring). Figures for the trim you are looking at may differ.
Dimensions & weight
Source: Transport Canada| Length | 196.1 in |
| Width (body, without mirrors) | 76.4 in |
| Height | 55.5 in |
| Wheelbase | 116.5 in |
| Track, front | 66.1 in |
| Track, rear | 66.9 in |
| Curb weight | 4,564–5,335 lb |
| Weight distribution, front/rear | 48/52 |
Measured by Transport Canada for its Canadian Vehicle Specifications database, which covers the North American versions of each model — here 4 configurations: 4-door Sedan Grand Touring AWD, 4-door Sedan Pure RWD, 4-door Sedan Sapphire AWD, 4-door Sedan Touring AWD. Where a range is shown, those versions differ. Width is the body without mirrors, which is why it can read narrower than a brochure figure. Before we used it we checked it against the US manufacturer press kits we hold (27 Sep 2026): wheelbase agreed within 1% on every vehicle we could compare, length on 98%, and the curb weight fell inside the manufacturer's range on 96%. Source dataset. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Licence.
The cheapest ownership win
Insurers price the 2025 Air very differently, and the gap between the best and worst quote on the same car and driver is usually larger than any option you are weighing on this page.
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Recalls (7)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseElectrical System
SR-26-05-0Electrical System
SR-26-03-0Back Over Prevention
SR-26-01-0Back Over Prevention
SR-25-04-0Power Train
SR-25-03-0Electrical System
SR-24-05-0These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Whether any of this applies to one specific Air
A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2025 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Lucid publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2025 Lucid Air, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
Parts & accessories for the 2025 Lucid Air
Search by fitment on eBay Motors — OEM take-offs, aftermarket, and the trim pieces dealers no longer stock. The listing and the price are the seller's.
Find parts for this Air →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint database3 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 1 injuries · 0 deaths reported
17 per 10,000 built · Lucid reported 9,257 Air built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)
Filed per year: 2025: 9 · 2026: 7
Most-cited components
In owners' own words
Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.
Vehicle accelerated fully by itself, with no acceleration from the driver, and violently collided with the parked vehicle in front of it. The impact was so strong that it pushed the parked vehicle into the vehicle in front of it.
The car's phone connectivity is always an issue. The car locks when the phone is right next to it, for example, if you put kids or groceries in the back seat then it locks before you get to the front door. This is very annoying, but what makes it a safety issue is that when the door locks, the kids are unable to open it.
Catastrophic power train failure No warning,except immediately before failure Car rolled to stop Extremely busy road,average passing speed of vehicles 40-60 mph Rear wheels locked Dash indicating drive train error, unresponsive vehicle Manufacturer diagnosed rear drive failure, inverter failure and faulty BDU, battery disconnect unit .
On 6 February 2026 on or about 1410 hours I was traveling west on Ledbetter Blvd., Dallas, TX. Our pool into a restaurant driveway to purchase food in upon parking. I noticed a long line going from north to south on the driver side windshield of my Lucid air 2025.
The contact owns a 2025 Lucid Air. The contact stated that while driving approximately 2 - 5 MPH in stop-and-go traffic, the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) suddenly activated and immediately caused the vehicle to stop.
The Lucid drive assist feature gets confused by lane splitting motorcycles in California. This incident has occurred to me multiple times, including most recently today. I drive in the high occupancy vehicle Lane, and during rush hour in the evening commute the left lane drives at somewhere between 20 to 30 mph.
Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.
Reported by Lucid itself: 2 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 2 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 22 per 100,000 built. Every Air model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAP| Configuration | Overall | Frontal | Side | Rollover | Rollover risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 DR AWD | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 5% |
| 4 DR RWD | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 5% |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.
Service bulletins & campaigns
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsMost often about: Electrical System, Lane Departure, Vehicle Speed Control, Exterior Lighting, Suspension.
- 2.11.0 Over-the-air update2026-09-22 · Seats
- This OTA updates the infotainment system interface, charging preference functionality, and Easy Entry/Easy Exit seat features.
- v2.10.0 Over-the-air update2026-07-02 · Visibility/Wiper
- This OTA refines seatbelt visuals for driver and occupants, updates camera access, and drive unit service notifications.
- v2.9.3 Over-the-air update2026-05-21 · Lane Departure — Warning
- This OTA update enhances overall vehicle functionality, including improvements to vehicle charging, upgraded lane change assist, and refinements to turn signals, cruise control, and infotainment systems.
- v2.9.2 Over-the-air update2026-05-11 · Electrical System
- This OTA update enhances overall vehicle functionality, including improvements to vehicle charging, upgraded lane change assist, and refinements to turn signals, cruise control, and infotainment systems.
- v2.9.0 Over-the-air update2026-04-26 · Vehicle Speed Control
- This software update brings improvements to Navigation, Charging, DreamDrive, Audio and Media, Ambient Lighting, and Shock and Tilt.
- v2.8.17 Over-the-air update2025-12-06 · Electrical System
- This software update brings improvements in the robustness and general functionality of the vehicle.
- v2.8.16 Over-the-air update2025-11-19 · Electrical System
- This update improves the general functionality of the vehicle.
- v2.8.9 Over-the-air update2025-10-24 · Electrical System
- This update improves the general functionality of the vehicle.
A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.
At the New York inspection station
Source: New York State DMVIn New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Lucid Air failed the safety inspection on 0% of first inspections — lower than the 0.36% for every 2025 model-year vehicle inspected.
failed the safety inspection
371 initial inspections of 369 vehicles.
| Measure | The 2025 Air | Every 2025 vehicle | Behind it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failed the safety inspection | 0% | 0.36% | 371 |
| Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit | 0% | 0.16% | 371 |
| Miles driven a year | 7,231 | 8,354 | odometer at inspection |
| Average odometer | 9,367 | 12,194 | odometer at inspection |
Electric vehicles get no emissions test in New York, so the safety inspection is the record here. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2025 vehicle” is every 2025 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).
Compare the 2025 Air with
Any vehicle, your weights →| Head-to-head | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Honda Accord · Large Sedan · grade B | Air +15.4 | |
| 2025 Dodge Charger · Large Sedan · grade B | Toss-up | |
| 2025 Genesis G80 · Large Sedan · grade B | G80 +10.4 | |
| 2025 Hyundai Sonata · Large Sedan · grade A | Air +8.1 | |
| 2025 Kia K5 · Large Sedan · grade B | Air +18.2 |
Air by model year
all years, side by side →Common questions about the 2025 Air
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsDoes the 2025 Lucid Air have any recalls?
NHTSA has posted 7 recall campaigns for the 2025 Lucid Air, 1 of them rated critical. The most serious on file is 26V540000, covering Electrical System. There is an active park outside advisory — act on it before driving. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.
How safe is the 2025 Lucid Air?
NHTSA gave the 2025 Lucid Air 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 5-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 5-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it D (61/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.
What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Lucid Air?
Across the 9 EPA-rated configurations of the 2025 Lucid Air, the longest EPA range is 512 miles on a charge. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
What are the dimensions of the 2025 Lucid Air?
Transport Canada measured it at 196.1 in long, 76.4 in wide (body, without mirrors), 55.5 in tall, on a 116.5 in wheelbase. Curb weight: 4,564–5,335 lb depending on configuration. Those are its measurements of the North American versions; every figure is in the table above.
What do owners complain about on the 2025 Lucid Air?
Owners have filed 16 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Lucid Air, most often about forward collision avoidance, power train, unspecified. Of those, 3 involved a crash, 1 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.
How clean is the 2025 Lucid Air?
The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Lucid Air is 10 out of 10. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — California ZEV, Federal Tier 3 Bin 0 — which the table above lists per configuration.
Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Lucid Air?
The manufacturer has filed 24 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Lucid Air, most often covering electrical system, lane departure, vehicle speed control. The most recent is dated 2026-09-22. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.
How does the 2025 Lucid Air do at state inspection?
In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Lucid Air failed the safety inspection on 0% of first inspections — lower than the 0.36% for every 2025 model-year vehicle inspected. The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.
Is the 2025 Lucid Air better than the 2025 Honda Accord?
The Lucid Air wins clearly, 76.2 to 60.8, on fuel & range. The Honda Accord is ahead on safety. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2025 Lucid Air against the 2025 Honda Accord — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 9 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | 9 configurations | EPA emission certificates | Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new. |
| Recalls | 7 | NHTSA recall campaigns | A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags. |
| Owner complaints | 16 | NHTSA complaint database | Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold. |
| Crash ratings | 2 tested | NHTSA NCAP | Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them. |
| Service bulletins | 24 | NHTSA manufacturer communications | Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | none | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | 4 fields | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | What the manufacturer filed under the federal VIN rule — a configuration, not the full trim ladder. |
| Measured dimensions | 7 fields | Transport Canada, Canadian Vehicle Specifications | Length, width, height, wheelbase, track and curb weight, measured on the North American versions. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | none | Manufacturer press kit | We have not transcribed a press kit for this model year yet. This is our gap, not the manufacturer's — the one row here where an empty cell means we are behind. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly.