Lucid Group Unveils new Electric Drive Unit for Motorsports

Lucid Group Inc. has unveiled its new electric drive unit for motorsports. It produces 469 horsepower and is capable of a max rotor speed of 19,500 rpm.

It features the same state-of-the-art high-voltage continuous wave winding and proprietary microjet cooling system that can be found in the motors powering the Lucid Air sports sedan.

The electric drive unit provides regenerative energy recovery from the front wheels under braking, significantly enhancing the racecar's performance and efficiency.

Each motorsport drive unit is manufactured to exacting specification in Lucid's headquarters in California.

It is already being used on the race circuit as the standard front drive unit for the world's leading single-seater electric racing series.

The company's first car, Lucid Air, is a luxury sedan that features luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. 

Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO, Lucid Group, says: "With incredible power density of 14.7 hp/kg and immense energy recuperation, this drive unit will once again transform electric motorsports, following in the footsteps of our revolutionary battery pack in prior race seasons. For Lucid, the transfer of technology between motorsports and road cars is a two-way symbiosis. This new motorsports drive unit builds directly upon the groundbreaking powertrain technology developed in-house by Lucid and proven on the road in every Lucid Air. I'm excited by the prospect that some of the technical advancements introduced may in turn make their way to future Lucid road cars."

Deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid's factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, are currently underway to U.S., Canadian, and European customers.