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 If a carmaker wants the world to pay attention, this is the way to go. That is, as Lucid Motors did, it travelled 500 miles, or 800 kilometres, on a single charge. The Lucid Air luxury electric sedan will be the world's longest-running electric vehicle. The Tesla Model S long-range plus can only run 402 miles.

The car will be unveiled to the world on September 9, 2020, and production will begin six months later. Based on independent tests conducted by North America Inc. in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, it was announced that the vehicle could cover an estimated range of 517 miles.

Lucid unveiled its electric luxury sedan in April 2017 but had to wait two years to raise funds to produce the design. As CEO Peter Rollinson explained earlier this year, the funds also hoped for automated technology for these vehicles. That is, the vehicle you travel from Dondra to Kankesanthurai is an automatic vehicle.

It took Lucid two more years to raise enough funds to go into production. According to documents released in June, more than half of the company's $ 1.3 billion came from Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund. This is also special news. This is the first news that the Republic of Saudi Arabia has invested in the production of electric vehicles on a large scale.

During these two years, the team modified the battery cells, packing voltage, electronics and electric motors that power the wheels. The 2017 prototype was a 130 kW battery that operated at a speed of 400 volts (the highest capacity battery ever was the Tesla Model S100, 100 kWh battery).

The car, which is due to go into production next spring, will run at 900 volts and will have a pair of motors with permanent magnets and a 350-kW fast-charging battery system. According to CEO Peter Rollinson, the main goal was to maximize the vehicle's efficiency.

That is, reducing the air resistance every kilowatt-hour, the loss of energy due to resistance, and the reduction of mechanical friction in every section. The most visible aspect of the EV's efficiency is its design. Lucid Air claims to have a larger cabin and longer foot space than the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Depending on the shape of the vehicle, it requires less energy to displace air than other EVs.

Although there are no cars in production at the moment, Lucid has already found a lot of data on the performance of its batteries under battery cycle testing. The battery packs for the 24 cars offered by the competing teams in the Formula E electric motor racing series were provided by Lucid's battery supplier, Ativa.

The vehicle operates at "significantly more than 900 volts" and can be charged up to 350 kW. The resistance thereby allows the heat to be reduced. Unlike other packaging, its cells are packaged in modules that make it easy to remove this heat. As the battery charges and discharges, the lower the temperature of the battery, the longer the battery life.

Battery Partner, ‘LG Lucid did not disclose cell chemistry information developed in conjunction with Chem. But it is said to use thousands of 'model 21700' cylindrical cells.

One of the secrets of Lucid is the "Ultra Compact", a very small motor. In terms of volume, it is said to produce 55 kW per liter. He says that condition is two to three times higher than the motor of any other manufacturer. Is the secret of its effectiveness. It is said that a new method of cooling is used.

If the motor is small, the amount of coolant used for one period will decrease. So when the coolant is heated, does the cooling energy decrease? Just a guess. It is likely that the small voltages that control most of the vehicle's electronics were also designed to be low. Even then, energy consumption is minimal. This method was used in another institution. It was a reduction from 5 volts to 3.2 volts for some of Sony's series circuits.

Another special feature of the vehicle is that it takes large turns of the motor. It's 20,000 rounds per minute. Few machines spin so fast. For example, the Nissan Leaf 2012 series has a top speed of 10390 rpm. The bearings must be made of a special metal at speeds above 20,000 rpm. Also, there should be a compressed oil film between the axle and the bearing of the motor. None of these secrets has been revealed yet.

Presumably one of the reasons may have been to increase the speed of the motor in a short period of time to get too much acceleration in a short time.

Somehow the engine rotates so fast and, like a vehicle's crank or coil, the compressed oil raises the motor axle so that it does not touch the bearing, [presumably] why it uses pressure oil that seems unnecessary [ Jack up] is a puzzle. The gearbox has not yet been shown and the company has applied for multiple patents.

Like any other electric vehicle, it has no gearbox. But there are cogs to reduce the speed evenly. Having cogs or a gearbox somewhere reduces the efficiency of any vehicle. Although there is no gearbox, they have a special mechanism to minimize the efficiency damage that can occur there as well, as they have gears that reduce this speed.

That is the three-dimensional shape of the gear teeth. This is different from small toy cars, as you can see in the gears on the gearboxes of a typical car. That is, the teeth are not straight. But the Lucid vehicle uses a gear plan that goes even further. Lucid has obtained a patent for a three-dimensional profile of the gear teeth during transmission. The efficiency is then optimized to transmit the maximum torque [Torque] and rotates with the least resistance.

Rollinson was not only a member of the team that designed the 2002 Jaguar XJ, one of the oldest aluminium luxury sedans but also led the team that engineered and produced the original 2012 Tesla Model S. Rollinson stated that his goal for the Lucid Air was to rethink every aspect of efficiency and extend the battery life.

Lucid Air is not targeting the Tesla Model S, but the ‘Mercedes-Benz S-Class 600 Series’ and ‘Me Back’, the pinnacle of luxury sedans. Therefore, this vehicle is priced like a top-class Mercedes vehicle. That's about $ 150,000. It will then launch small and low-cost battery-powered vehicles that can only cover a range of 350 miles. Also, the company's battery packs are carefully designed for high-volume assembly.

Rollinson, CEO of Lucid, is thrilled with the company's efficiency in small cars, saying, "After creating big and expensive vehicles, the average person can design electric cars.

It was the way he and the composers at Tesla at the time were. That is, the ultra-luxury Tesla S, followed by the mid-range Tesla Model 3, just as he designed the current Tesla Y.