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The Press Embargo Has Been Lifted

I'm wondering why we haven't seen any videos from the more established reviewers. Taking their time?
 
Okay, my head's about to explode from trying to track all this, but here's a rundown of press headlines so far this morning. I really don't think I've ever seen anything like it:

I Drove the Lucid Gravity . . . This Changes Everything (Everyday Chris)

The Lucid Gravity was Worth the “Weight” (MilesPerHr)

Lucid Gravity: God Luck Beating This, Tesla! (MotorheadMama)

Lucid Gravity: An Electric SUV That Doesn’t Make Compromises (TechCrunch)

Inside the Lucid Gravity: Crafting a New Kind of Luxury (Top Speed)

Lucid Gravity First Drive: A Bullet Train for Your Driveway (U.S. News & World Report)

Lucid Gravity’s Brilliance Makes Other Cars Seem Pointless (Jalopnik)

Lucid Gravity is a Successful Second Act (Car & Driver)

Lucid Gravity Second Drive Review: As Good as EV SUVs Get (Motor Trend)

The Lucid Gravity SUV is a Game-Changing Vehicle (The Globe and Mail)

The Lucid Gravity Blew Me Away (InsideEVs)

Lucid Gravity Review: The ‘S’ in this SUV is for ‘Supercar’ (GearJunkie)

Test-Driving the Lucid Gravity, a Supercar in SUV Form (Forbes)

The Lucid Gravity Is an Engineering Achievement: First Drive Review (Motor1.com)

Lucid Gravity Electric 3-Row SUV is Way More Fun than You Expected (Yahoo Autos)

The Lucid Gravity Is in a Class of Its Own – Mostly (CarBuzz)

The Lucid Gravity Is the Best Big Luxury Electric SUV You Can Buy Right Now (The Autopian)

Lucid Gravity Shifts Electric SUVs into a New Orbit (Digital Trends)

Lucid Gravity: A Game-Changing Electric SUV (Le Guide de l’Auto)

Lucid Gravity: As Close as You Can Get to Perfect (Autoblog)

Lucid Gravity First Drive Review: Straight to the Top, Mostly (Autoguide.com)
 
One of today's reviews mentioned that the Gravity is huge, similar in dimension to a Chevy Suburban. In fact, Gravity is two feet shorter than a Suburban.
 
borski said:
Ah, I usually understand dongle as a connector between “thing” and “thing it’s connecting to,” not simply “thing.”
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It's an adapter between the standard 2" receiver and a proprietary connector, I call that a dongle.
borski said:
What do you mean by it screwing up the departure angle? Not arguing; just not sure what you mean.
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It will be the first thing to hit when backing up a steep slope. Tow hitches mounted like this are very good at digging into the ground and possibly damaging the vehicle.

Anyway, I'll guess I'll have to look at the design to see if they could have just put it behind the bumper. Maybe it would intrude into the rear storage area but in that case I would have preferred a dongle that went straight back instead of down.

Obviously not a deal breaker, just annoyed by it. Most of the time I'd probably just put mountain bike inside since I think it should fit without removing and wheels. Also annoyed by the two 12V battery thing, sounds like German engineering.
 
DeaneG said:
One of today's reviews mentioned that the Gravity is huge, similar in dimension to a Chevy Suburban. In fact, Gravity is two feet shorter than a Suburban.
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Do you know which one? I wonder if they were talking about internal capacity?
 
Elfin said:
It's an adapter between the standard 2" receiver and a proprietary connector, I call that a dongle.
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I’m not trying to argue; I don’t often use tow hitches, hence the confusion.

Elfin said:
It will be the first thing to hit when backing up a steep slope. Tow hitches mounted like this are very good at digging into the ground and possibly damaging the vehicle.
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Ah, gotcha. That’s probably why they say to remove it when not in use.

Elfin said:
Anyway, I'll guess I'll have to look at the design to see if they could have just put it behind the bumper. Maybe it would intrude into the rear storage area but in that case I would have preferred a dongle that went straight back instead of down.

Obviously not a deal breaker, just annoyed by it. Most of the time I'd probably just put mountain bike inside since I think it should fit without removing and wheels. Also annoyed by the two 12V battery thing, sounds like German engineering.
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The two 12v thing was a thing on the Air too, fwiw.
 
hmp10 said:
One thing worried me a bit. In two of the videos (I should have been taking notes as to which and when) the drivers noted the car was getting about 2.2 miles/kWh. They weren't clear if that was the momentary usage or the usage measured over a certain prior period. However, in one of the shots showing the usage, you could see the speedometer showing 68 mph.

I wonder when Tom Moloughney will do his 70-mph range test and when the 75-mph test comes out from Car & Driver (or is it Edmunds?).
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Some Lucid guy says it measures the last 10 miles
 
Oh boy..... where have we heard this before until it got quickly removed.

"Even further down the road, Lucid engineers tell me we'll see a Level 3 hands-free driving system in the Gravity. The hardware is apparently already there, it just needs to be switched on."
 
hydbob said:
Some Lucid guy says it measures the last 10 miles
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Yep, I saw that, too, and I'm hoping that's what it was. But as it now has multiple settings, I'm wondering if you can call up a display of momentary usage?
 
hmp10 said:
One thing worried me a bit. In two of the videos (I should have been taking notes as to which and when) the drivers noted the car was getting about 2.2 miles/kWh. They weren't clear if that was the momentary usage or the usage measured over a certain prior period. However, in one of the shots showing the usage, you could see the speedometer showing 68 mph.

I wonder when Tom Moloughney will do his 70-mph range test and when the 75-mph test comes out from Car & Driver (or is it Edmunds?).
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The car was recorded flying around in the dirt, going around twisty mountain roads and every reviewer would have been flooring it to test out the performance. It's not getting EPA under those circumstances.
 
borski said:
“I've never driven a perfect car that can quite literally do it all, and I likely never will. However, the Gravity Grand Touring is just about as close as you can get.”

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1833486/2025-lucid-gravity-suv-first-drive/
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Very surprised at the glowing review and the coherence of the article itself as Jalopnic usually is full of anti EV bias and low quality reporting. I have learned to steer clear but I actually read and enjoyed that review.
 
Murcie said:
One more YouTube review has been posted. Moderators: please feel free to combine all links in my previous comment

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The reviewer made an interesting comment toward the end. He showed up at the event without being invited, but Lucid let him do 3 hours of testing with a car as well as making personnel available. And he said there were no limits put on what he could publish and that he was free to be as negative as he wanted to be.

He ended up by asking whether the Gravity was worth its hefty price tag. His answer: hell, yes!
 
borski said:
The two 12v thing was a thing on the Air too, fwiw.
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I see that the 12V batteries are tiny so at least it's not adding weight.
A good feature of the Gravity is that there is a small DC-DC converter directly connected to the high voltage battery so there should be no cycling of the 12V. That should make them last a very long time.
 
hmp10 said:
And he said there were no limits put on what he could publish and that he was free to be as negative as he wanted to be.
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I heard this from a few other folks, which is what makes it extra insane how positive all the reviews are. I mean, I knew I loved the vehicle, as does @TribbleTrouble, but it isn’t perfect. The reviews mention those imperfections, but also agree with me that they are minor in the grander scheme of things.

People are going to love this car.
 
98point1 said:
Very surprised at the glowing review and the coherence of the article itself as Jalopnic usually is full of anti EV bias and low quality reporting. I have learned to steer clear but I actually read and enjoyed that review.
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Jalopnik is half-bantering, half-reporting. Like the old TG / Grand Tour. I love them.
 
Actual con from auto guide: I'd have thought Lucid would be over this:
"There was another problem with the car refusing to acknowledge the fob. My driving partner and I had stopped on the side of the road to swap seats, and when attempting to get going again, we got a warning message that the fob wasn’t present. While other brands ask drivers to touch the fob to the steering column in this case, the Gravity’s message is simply “shake to wake.” We shook the fob, even locked and unlocked the SUV with it—nadda. Since the Gravity has no start/stop button, our next solution was to get out, walk far enough away for the car to turn off, wait two minutes, and get back in."
 
borski said:
I heard this from a few other folks, which is what makes it extra insane how positive all the reviews are. I mean, I knew I loved the vehicle, as does @TribbleTrouble, but it isn’t perfect. The reviews mention those imperfections, but also agree with me that they are minor in the grander scheme of things.

People are going to love this car.
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Two cons I've seen repeated are how low it is (compared to standing upright and climbing inside an SUV that's typical) and the A pillar being huge and blocking some visibility in tight corners or in the city.

Everything else seems phenomenal
 
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