No big hurry but if not on horizon I may have to regretably trade for a Tesla Y. I was in a friends's Y and when he told it to go somewhere, it backed out of my driveway turned and went to the stop sign, looked both ways, and proceeded to the destination without any further driver input. I owned a Model S for 8 years and bought an Air, now a GGT.
Love it but I need the full self driving as it hurts so much to turn my head.
anybody know anything?
i want to add some real-life experience. i just switched out my Air Touring for a 2026 Gravity Grand Touring. it has all the options available except the premium SurroundSound. i can share some comments on the ADAS part that is relevant to this topic:
the DreamDrivePro2 (or whatever they call their highest level ADAS) is VERY well-done. i am skeptical not of the possibilities of FSD, but of its incremental value. the incremental value of what Gravity provides with that system now is at its highest. it does everything that my previous Air did (with its highest level ADAS). and it does them better. it's lane assist is better, even when it comes to our curvy Taconic State Parkway. it slows down around curves much more reasonably and elegantly. there are some uncomfortable (but not hairy) curves here that people routinely complain about driving manally; the Gravity did those much better even hands-free. around those same curves, Air Hands-Free would turn itself off.
it does auto lane changes very well. this is a new feature from my Air to the Gravity. it does so responsibly, gets turned on and off responsibly, and it builds confidence in the driver's mind. it's "Assertive" driving mode makes these changes back and forth or cancels changes depending on other cars' behavior, in a manner that is a tad less 'assertive' than i would do manually, but it is something that i appreciate.
the visualization of the traffic on the cockpit is VERY well-done.
the full-FSD capabilities would hold very limited value to me. it is not whether it works, but the incremental value of it would be minimal. also, with the AI buildout, data center cap-ex going on in the economy, and the dwindling economic fortunes of just about every car manufacturers, i expect those additional capabilities to follow in Tesla's footsteps and be available only on a subscription basis. that will reduce the incremental value even more.
finally, the further hit to the incremental value would be: what would other people think either driving or riding in a car with full FSD turned on. i know that no one else in my household will touch it with a bargepole while running errands. i know i will turn it off for some of them if they are taking it out for a spin. i know quite a few of my friends and family members who will not appreciate (or refuse to) riding when it's on.
so, yeah, i would be fine with delays in delivering.
the Gravity is an incredibly more refined than the Air. everything is just a bit better (except handling, of course, because it's an SUV). i would like their attention on continuation of these refinements. there is more to be done, in the entire industry, on Car Operating System and User Experience generally.
the Head-Up-Display is functional but not refined. the two-way split between the car's own interface and CarPlay (or perhaps even AndroidAuto) is still messy and requires to many touches. in resolving some aspects of it, it has added more chaos in others. add to this two-way chaos a third one: AI driven voice assistants. iOS27 with Siri is an enormously useful software that is blended into everything in CarPlay. even in beta, one can see its value. i am sure AndroidAuto is doing the same. how that aspect is blended into the car's software (and its own AI perhaps) will add another set of software chaos and challenges.
i'd much rather Lucid focus on those things. full FSD in a family car (SUV) will have limited adoption. unless they do it for the additional subscription fees. in which case, i will opt out..
