This Track Test Proves the Lucid Gravity Is No Joke—Rivian R1S Left Behind

• The 2026 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring and 2025 Rivian R1S were tested on the track by Edmunds.
• Both family SUVs weigh over 6,000 pounds, but they can still sprint to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds.
• The question is: Which one is fastest on the asphalt?

We live in interesting times. Anybody can now buy a family car that seats seven and also happens to be powerful enough to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds. For between $110,000 and $120,000, American car buyers can drive an electric car that’s more powerful and faster than the supercars that used to sit on their bedroom walls.

Two such EVs are the 2026 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring and the 2025 Rivian R1S. Lucid’s top-spec electric SUV packs two electric motors that are good for 828 horsepower and a whopping 909 pound-feet of torque.

Meanwhile, the updated Rivian R1S, shown here in the Tri-Motor configuration, has three drive units developing a total of 850 hp and an even more impressive 1,103 lb-ft. Both were put to the test by Edmunds in its famous U-Drags test.

The idea is simple: two cars sprint on a quarter-mile straight before braking hard, making a U-turn and accelerating back to the start/finish line. After the first stint, drivers change cars and lanes to keep things fair. It’s simple, but it tests the acceleration, braking and cornering abilities of new cars, and the two big electric SUVs made quite an impression. For such heavy machines–6,122 lbs for the Gravity and 6,795 lbs for the R1S–both managed respectable times. 

The Gravity was set to the Sprint driving mode, with partial stability control, and then Launch Mode was engaged. The Rivian R1S used Launch Control.

Rivian’s electric SUV was faster than the Gravity off the start in the first race, but Lucid’s family EV slowly caught up to the Rivian as they approached the quarter-mile mark. The Gravity was way quicker than the R1S through the U-turn and left the Rivian–which reached its 112 mph speed limit on the way back–in the dust. Meanwhile, the Lucid Gravity was carrying 130 mph over the finish line.

It was more of the same in the second race, with the big difference being that the Lucid Gravity managed to get ahead of the tri-motor Rivian R1S a little earlier than before. It then kept the lead all the way to the finish line, cementing its position as the faster SUV.

When hard figures are at play, the Rivian R1S Tri-Motor was faster in the zero to 60 mph sprint at 3 seconds flat, compared to the Lucid Gravity’s 3.5 seconds. The R1S also beat the Gravity in the quarter mile, though not by much: 11.3 seconds versus the Lucid’s 11.4 seconds. At the end of the day, however, it’s the finish line that counts, and the Lucid Gravity smoked the R1S by over a second on Edmunds’ 3,900-foot course, finishing it in 33.2 seconds, whereas the R1S did it in 34.5 seconds.

All this being said, both SUVs are essentially very capable three-row family SUVs. The Lucid Gravity is more car-like, whereas the Rivian R1S is a much more adventure-oriented vehicle, according to the test drivers.

It’s also worth noting that the Grand Touring is the most powerful version of the Lucid Gravity, whereas Rivian has the even more powerful R1S Quad-Motor, so if extreme power is your thing, know that there are alternatives.