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Lucid Motors Launches Gravity Grand Touring In The UAE
The 828-HP SUV is making its debut in one of the Middle East’s most competitive luxury car markets.
Lucid Motors has launched the Gravity Grand Touring in the United Arab Emirates, bringing its first SUV to one of the Middle East’s most competitive luxury car markets. Orders are open through the Lucid Studio in Dubai and the company’s local website.
The all-wheel-drive Gravity Grand Touring delivers 828 horsepower and a projected range of more than 700 kilometers. Prices start at AED 435,855. Buyers can choose five or seven-seat layouts and several interior themes crafted from sustainable materials.
“The arrival of the Lucid Gravity Grand Touring in the UAE marks a significant milestone in our commitment to bringing world-class electric mobility to the region,” said Faisal Sultan, President of Lucid Middle East. “With this groundbreaking SUV, we’re expanding our product offering and providing more choice to customers who demand luxury, performance, and sustainability in one package”.
The Gravity builds on the same engineering principles that shaped Lucid’s Air sedan, combining a large interior with a compact footprint. Its structure allows the space of a full-size SUV without the bulk. The car reaches 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds and is expected to exceed 700 km on a single charge, pending official WLTP certification.
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Buyers can select from six exterior colors and three wheel sizes, from 20 to 23 inches. Interior options draw from California’s landscapes — Mojave, Yosemite, Tahoe, Ojai, and Santa Monica — mixing bio-based fabrics, wood veneers, and premium leather.
Lucid opened its Dubai studio in 2022 and views the UAE as a key growth market. The country’s investment in charging infrastructure and its Net Zero 2050 strategy have drawn major EV makers to test demand for premium electric models.
With the Gravity, Lucid signals its intent to compete not just on technology but on design and finish — a full-size electric SUV built for distance, speed, and comfort in equal measure.
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Nano Banana 2 Arrives In MENA For Google Gemini Users
Google brings its latest image model to Gemini and Search, adding 4K output and tighter text control for regional users.
Google has opened access to Nano Banana 2 across the Middle East and North Africa, pushing its newest image model into everyday tools rather than keeping it inside the exclusive (and expensive) Pro tier.
The rollout spans the Google Gemini desktop and mobile apps, and extends to Google Search through Lens and AI Mode. Developers can also test it in preview via AI Studio and the Gemini API.
Nano Banana 2 runs on Gemini Flash, Google’s fast inference layer. The focus is speed, but also control. Users can export visuals from 512px up to 4K, adjusting aspect ratios for everything from vertical social posts to widescreen displays.
The model maintains character likeness across up to five figures and preserves fidelity for as many as 14 objects within a single workflow. This enables visual continuity across scenes, iterations, or edits — supporting projects like short films, storyboards, and multi-scene narratives. Text rendering has also been improved, delivering legible typography in mockups and greeting cards, with built-in translation and localization directly within images.
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Under the hood, the system taps Gemini’s broader knowledge base and pulls in real-time information and imagery from web search to render specific subjects more accurately. Lighting and fine detail have been upgraded, without slowing output.
By embedding the model inside Gemini and Search, Google is normalizing advanced image generation for a mass audience. In MENA, where startups and marketing teams are leaning heavily on AI to scale content across languages and borders, that shift lands at a practical moment.
The move also folds creative tooling deeper into search itself, so that image generation is no longer a separate workflow. It now sits right next to the query box.
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