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verybody is enthralled with the 2022 Lucid Air Dream Edition P’s biggest number: 1,111 horsepower. But smaller numbers point the way forward to mass electrification: 3.9 horsepower per pound and 4.6 miles per kilowatt-hour. The former represents the Dream P’s drive unit (motor, reduction gear, and integrated power inverter), which produces 670 peak horsepower and weighs 163 pounds, for roughly triple the power density Tesla achieves. The latter represents the range the Air Dream Edition R gets

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