PHOENIX — Lucid Motors turned the most recent startup automaker to start manufacturing of electrical autos as the corporate’s first sedans rolled off the meeting line Tuesday.

Lucid stated the primary customer-ready Air luxurious electrical sedans had been accomplished at its meeting plant in Casa Grande, Ariz., about 47 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix. Deliveries to prospects will start in late October, the corporate stated.

“Our expertise will enable for more and more lighter, extra environment friendly, and cheaper EVs, and at this time represents a significant step in our journey to develop the accessibility of extra sustainable transportation,” Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson stated in a press release.

The beginning of Lucid Air meeting comes simply two weeks after fellow startup Rivian started manufacturing of its R1T electrical pickup in Illinois. Lucid and Rivian enter an electrical market that has lengthy been dominated by Tesla, at the same time as extra conventional automakers come to market with EV choices of their very own.

Air deliveries will start with the limited-run Dream Version, which will get as much as 520 miles of vary and begins at $169,000, not together with delivery or a $7,500 federal tax credit score. Lucid is making 520 of these fashions earlier than delivering different iterations, together with the Air Pure base mannequin, which begins at $77,400.

The automaker stated Tuesday that it had acquired greater than 13,000 Air reservations, up from about 10,000 in June.

Lucid’s Arizona plant is being constructed in a number of phases, the primary of which was accomplished in December for $700 million. The primary part, at 1 million sq. toes, has annual capability of 34,000 autos. Lucid plans for the manufacturing facility to finally develop to five million sq. toes, with the power to provide 400,000 autos yearly.

The Air was initially slated for a spring launch earlier than Lucid stated in February that it could delay manufacturing to the second half of the yr due to the coronavirus pandemic.