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Lucid postpones the Cosmos and accelerates the sporty Gravity. Lucid delayed the Cosmos SUV until 2027, while preparing the debut of a high-performance version of the Gravity. 06 Aug 2026, 12:49 PM EDT Lucid Motors reorganized the schedule of its upcoming launches and confirmed that the long-awaited electric SUV Cosmos will no longer arrive in the short term. Zendaya loves "growing up alongside" Tom Holland The company decided to postpone its debut until 2027, a measure that coincides with a process of internal adjustments and a strategy focused on strengthening its business before expanding its portfolio. While that project continues to advance, the American brand will concentrate its efforts on another novelty. It is a high-performance variant of the Lucid Gravity, a model that will seek to become one of the most powerful and fastest electric SUVs in its category. The Cosmos will need more time. The Cosmos will be the first representative of a new generation of mid-size electric vehicles developed by Lucid. Although initially planned for an earlier date, the company confirmed that production will begin during the second half of 2027. Currently, the vehicle continues to go through different validation phases. Engineers are working on endurance tests, structural evaluations, safety certifications, battery development, and trials under extreme weather conditions to ensure that the model reaches the market with the standards expected by the company. A platform to reduce costs. The new SUV will debut the Midsize architecture, a completely new platform with which Lucid aims to reduce manufacturing costs without sacrificing efficiency, range, or performance. Thanks to that technological base, the brand hopes to offer models with greater range per charge, better performance, and a starting price below $50,000, a figure with which it will seek to compete more directly in one of the fastest-growing segments of the American market. In addition to the Cosmos, Lucid has already confirmed the development of a second SUV called Earth, oriented towards more family and recreational use. The company is also working on a third member of this family, although it is still keeping the project's details under wraps. Gravity will be the big novelty. While the Cosmos continues to evolve, the spotlight will fall on the Gravity. Lucid announced that it will take advantage of the upcoming Monterey Car Week in California to present a high-performance version inspired by the Air Sapphire. Although the company has not yet released official specifications, it is expected that this SUV will incorporate a large part of the technology of the brand's sports sedan. The Air Sapphire develops 1,234 horsepower, so the new Gravity promises to be among the highest-performance electric vehicles available on the market. The strategy update comes after Lucid presented its second-quarter financial results, a period in which it recorded larger-than-expected losses and a slight reduction in revenue.

Lucid Cosmos mid-size SUV: here's A first look at The Tesla Model Y rival. [email protected] (Iulian Dnistran) Wed, August 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM PDT The company's smallest EV to date is expected to cost around $50,000, opening up a much more lucrative market for the startup. * Lucid published the first images of the upcoming Cosmos mid-size electric crossover. * The Tesla Model Y rival was recently delayed from 2026 to 2027. * The car has a sloped-roof design resembling other so-called coupe SUVs like the BMW X4. Lucid's long-term stability hinges on its ability to successfully launch its most affordable model to date, the smaller Cosmos SUV. And while things might not go particularly well at the moment, with the startup officially delaying the mid-size EV's launch to next year, at least development is still underway. What's more, the company published the first official images of the $50,000 Tesla Model Y rival, with a couple of shots slipping under the radar in the startup's latest earnings report. Incite D already knew from the patent images that Lucid's most affordable EV will have a sloping roofline akin to the BMW X4, but now Incite D also get to see how that technical drawing translates into the real deal. There's a pair of horizontal LED taillights, as well as a pretty wide third brake light that sits at the bottom of the rear windshield. Usually, carmakers put the third brake light above the rear window, but in the Cosmos SUV's case, the glass is nearly horizontal, which looks pretty cool, but might result in lackluster visibility. Up front, there's an extremely compact headlight that appears to integrate all of the beams in a single, ultra-slim enclosure. On the dashboard, a very wide screen enclosure can be spotted in one of the photos. The company previously disclosed that the Cosmos will come with a single, ultra-wide curved screen. Initially, the Lucid Cosmos was scheduled to go into production in late 2026 at the startup's new factory in Saudi Arabia, but that timeline has now been revised, and the model will start rolling off the assembly line in early 2027 before ramping up in the second half of the year. Lucid's AMP-2 plant is not yet finished, and, more importantly, the company doesn't want to rush this crucial model to avoid the frustrating and costly mistakes that came with the Air and Gravity, both of which suffered from software issues. "Our objective is clear: Mid-size will launch only when every process and quality requirement has been met," said Lucid CEO Silvio Napoli. "We will not repeat the mistakes of the past by bringing a product to market before it is ready." To try to keep things moving in the right direction, Lucid said it must hit four "must-win projects." One of those is the successful launch of its mid-size product portfolio, which will include two more models in addition to the Cosmos. Robotaxis, the Saudi Arabia factory, and an "operating reset," which includes layoffs and a $1.4 billion cash flow improvement.