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It was a beautiful day with ambient temperature 70 degrees with light wind. Travelling the 150 miles from Champaign to Chicago at 73 mph drained the battery 50 percent from a 100 percent charge. We had about 3.8 efficiency. So I headed for EA's Lincolnwood charger, hidden at the edge of the...

I've been a member of this forum for two years. I really enjoy the commentary and conversation. What I've observed over the past two years is that, possibly more than any other discussion of EVs, the Lucid Air resembles the old Indian tale of the blind men and the elephant. Each person walks up...

Even though this is initially about Volvo, I thought you might find this new battery charging technology worthy of a read. It easily could be employed by Lucid down the line. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/volvos-new-battery-software-could-cut-ev-charge-times-by-30/

This may not be technically possible, but it's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make. It kind of reminds me of something I once read in a Ray Bradbury science fiction story. I'd be happy for Lucid to take two years off my battery warranty in return for increasing my range by 20 percent. I don't...

Here's a credible, well-written article about how the EPA determines range estimates: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/heres-how-the-epa-calculates-how-far-an-ev-can-go-on-a-full-charge/

We were driving the 150 miles from home near Champaign to Chicago for a radio appearance last night (12/30), on WFMT with a 10-mile detour to drop off the dog with my partner's sister while we proceeded into the city for dinner with friends and the broadcast. We had hoped to do a little shopping...

We all know the icon that does the following: "Activating this feature maintains the current cabin temperature after exiting the vehicle for 45 minutes." I just want to confirm that applies not only to cooling, but also to heating? I am aware that leaving the heater on will drain the batteries...

For the first six months I drove my Air Touring the USB input worked just fine. Over the years I've made myself dozens of "favorites" compilations migrating from cassette to CD to phone to thumb drives. I bought a 16 GB brand name USB thumb drive, formatted it in FAT32 and transferred about 7 GB...

My USB port started acting a bit finicky. One day it played music from my USB drive, the next day it didn't. (Yes, formatted FAT32 using MP3 files, only about 10 GB on the drive.) I contacted customer service and told them this was no emergency, but it would be nice sometime to straighten this...

I was turning into a small parking lot where the concrete curb jutted a little further out on the right than I noticed. I hit it with the two right wheels at about 15 mph. I can see no damage to the wheel rim and thus far, the tire remains normally inflated. I have no idea if there is any...

2023 Lucid Air Touring: Zenith Red / Tahoe Nappa leather interior 19-inch aero wheels Surreal Sound Pro (hardware installed for DreamDrive Pro, software not purchased, but can be) 6,000 trouble-free miles / purchased February, 2023 / all updates installed including seat re-homing Front half...

Since buying my Lucid Air Touring, on an irregular basis, that car totally loses audio. While I can live without entertainment, silent turn signals are a quasi-safety hazard. Sometimes I lose audio once a month, other times twice a week. Letting the car do a simple reset (that is, walking away...

Forgive me for a naive question, or perhaps beating a dead horse. It's a fact that the 19-inch wheels provide the greatest range with the Lucid Air. From reading scores of posts on this forum in the past 18 months, it seems the 19-inch tires are the least problematic of the three tire sizes...

I know this has been touched on before, but is there any way to turn off the annoying speed limit sign on the cockpit panel? It's rarely correct. Rather than using GPS and a database (as do Apple CarPlay and Android Auto) it takes a picture of whatever speed limit sign it sees. That could be the...

Goose Island, Chicago sent a terrific mobile service technician to my home about 150 miles away. Forgive if I've misspelled, his name is Guillermo. He really knew his stuff, was well-spoken, conscientious and fast without cutting corners. I needed the auto-entry seat adjust enabled. He also...

I drove round-trip of about 290 miles between my home in central Illinois and Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, this past Sunday. The temperature was 75 degrees. Wind light. There is a 500 foot elevation difference between my home and Oak Park. I drove at 73 mph mostly on cruise control (the...

This from Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/public-ev-charging-keeps-getting-worse-according-to-new-study/

Ars Technica is a highly reputable, well-researched website. Jonathan Gitlin is one of the best automotive writers on the web. His article on charging connectors is excellent: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/our-big-unanswered-questions-about-the-switch-to-tesla-style-ev-plugs/

I have a four-month-old Zenith Red Touring, 4,000 miles. It has glass canopy roof with tint, SurrealSound Pro, 19-inch wheels. It has had no service issues since purchase and has the latest software update. I even upgraded from my original Pure reservation. The car averages 3.7miles/ kwh in...

Unlike many of you, I had little recent experience with luxury cars, so my expectations for my Lucid Air were neutral. I didn't realize I bought a Mercedes-class car until I was ensconced in then Air's driver's seat. I've been a member of this forum for over a year and was reading it as a...