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No, there really doesn't need to be a key card backup. For my other two vehicles (Toyota Highlander and Ram 2500), the fob has a built-in backup if the battery dies, and neither vehicle ships with a key card backup. And that's been 100% fine with me, and has never caused me a problem. It...

No idea what that tool could be, or why Lucid won't sell one. You absolutely shouldn't have to do this, but if it were me, I'd try calling the service manager at Tyson's directly and ask them what the heck the holdup is. It's pretty clear that Lucid has no methodical process for taking care of...

Are you sure it was Waymo hardware on the Gravity, and not Nuro? I've not heard about any collaboration between Waymo and Lucid.

I believe there are well documented security holes with the fob technology Tesla was using at that time. Lucid is adopting the latest-and-greatest radio protocols for fobs, and also taking advantage of brand new support for that in (I think) both Android and iOS. They could have done as you...

I'm with you. With working jobs, PAAK is an extremely low priority for me. I know some hate the idea of carrying a fob, but I expect to always do so.

Would Lucid's designers allow a vibrant paint color like that? Whoever green lit the red color on the Air was gone by the time they did the Gravity. 🤣

If faced with similar circumstances, I might just hope that I can convince the insurance company to declare it totalled, and pay off the lease!

Perceptual failures account for a non-trivial fraction of accidents. Diligence when driving reduces the chances of that, but it doesn't make it go away. I believe that there's plenty of opportunity to augment human capability and make for safer driving, and so I don't dismiss the desire for...

I would hope that part of the plan for the HUD AR is a display that highlights all the cars, cyclists, pedestrians, and animals that are around. I love watching the display on the Waymo that shows this when I'm taking a ride in one, but I wouldn't want to have to look down at a screen when...

I'd easily believe that there's a hardware rev for this. Only way to know is for someone to ask the service team about it.

Speaking as someone who knows very little about autocross, please write up a detailed after-action report for us here!

I'm not excited by these hypermiling games. The first few times, it was cool to see all the tricks pulled to improve driving efficiency. But it's all so far removed from real world driving that it just seems irrelevant these days.

Window glitches are one of my main anxieties about buying a Gravity. I have no garage to park in (you wouldn't believe the bureaucratic obsticles to putting up covered parking in Lake Tahoe), and I fear coming out to a Gravity filled with snow.

I think there's multiple competing forces on car manufacturers and Apple/Google, and it's not yet clear how that will resolve. Car manufacturers are worried about their profitability, particularly in the face of looming competition from China, and they have fantasies of shoring up their balance...

I have considered buying an Air instead of a Gravity. I only carry humans in the back seat occasionally, for short trips (e.g. going out to dinner). My dog is the more consistent passenger. I asked her if the raised floor in the back of an AGT was a problem, and she just stared at me until I...

My impression is that it is a little more complicated than that. You're right about the physics being understood, but manufacturers do have to report a range that complies with the EPA's procedures for calculating it.

It's certainly true that uncontrolled acceleration usually turns out to be driver error. Realistically, the owners of expensive cars like Lucid skew older, and I'm well aware that someone is going to need to take away my keys at some point. I had to do that to my dad. But there are also...

Yeah, the useless stuff that dealers like to lard up a sale with is really annoying. Just one of the reasons that many people have a viscerally negative reaction to the traditional dealerships. I'd be thrilled if Lucid had a much more robust service network, but I'm happy to skip the...

I'll be very interested to see real world iX5 tests. The car is heavier than the Gravity, which will hurt efficiency, but it's also lower powered, which tends to help efficiency. Considering the battery pack is quite a lot larger than a GGT's, it could potentially offer up more highway range...

For all that there's a lot of gloom and doom by some here that Lucid's technology is seeming less impressive these days, I'm impressed by how much better the Gravity seems on paper compared to the coming BMW iX5. I didn't know much about the iX5, and decided to read up on it today. It seems...