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Lucid Air Grand Touring Claims Guinness World Record With 749-Mile Single-Charge Run

A supervised cross-border journey highlights innovations in battery architecture, powertrain design, aerodynamics reshaping EV endurance benchmarks.

This EV Just Set A Guinness World Record For The Longest Drive On A Single Charge: Range / Efficiency
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Overview

  • The Lucid Air Grand Touring covered 1,205.8 km (749.2 miles) on a single charge from St. Moritz to Munich under Guinness World Records supervision.
  • The feat outpaced last month’s Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+ record of 649 miles by roughly 100 miles.
  • The distance exceeded the Air Grand Touring’s 512-mile EPA estimate by 237 miles during the certified run.
  • Drivers Umit Sabanci, Kenneth Schofield and Fergal McGrath completed the trip between July 5 and July 6 across alpine roads and highways.
  • The record underscores how real-world range trials are being used to validate advances in high-voltage systems and aerodynamic efficiency.