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They posted a short video review of the feature:

To be fair, the Air has sold extremely well for its niche of an expensive EV sedan. The Gravity disappoints so far, but the sales are hardly zero, and the terrible launch of a vehicle that couldn't reliably open the doors probably accounts for that more than any other cause. Cleaning up after...

Wow! You've gotta tell us more about what kind of speeds and conditions you're driving in to achieve that range. People's efficiency reports vary a lot, but yours is the highest I've seen, by a significant margin.

Wild speculation on my part, but I note that the event invite says "learn about the latest software updates". The recent Air updates have been more substantial, but recent Gravity updates have been a bit thin. I have to wonder if they're planning to announce and/or release an OTA before the 14th.

Well, there's looking at data, and then there's looking at data. There's always a big population of people that can take a naive but sane look at data. The number of people who really understand statistics is much smaller, and most people don't appreciate how much statistics has changed over...

I'm thankful that my engineering work hasn't really been affected by AI the way we see in so much of the tech industry. I do a lot of multi-disciplinary research-style work. But as the technology continues to improve, it's just a matter of time. The junior engineers I work with are already...

I also enjoy driving, and am not that eager for an AI to take over. In the last year, I have started having voice conversations with various AIs while on long solo road-trips. I'm an engineer, and am always learning something new. Exploring a new subject with an AI while I drive lays the...

It's been 16 months of the Gravity being in the hands of people who aren't insiders. The Dec '24 "launch" was entirely a marketing exercise, and not the commencement of Gravity deliveries. Lucid has certainly improved things a lot since July '25, but they started in such a deep hole given the...

Yeah, Tesla's treatment of their safety data as a marketing exercise rather than genuine transparency is part of what turns me off FSD. When FSD has misbehaved for me, I have to wonder whether it's a sign of deep problems that Musk is papering over, or not. Waymo isn't exactly 100% transparent...

I think there's no chance of Lucid leading the non-Tesla competition for FSD-like functionality. Not for Air/Gravity, and not for Cosmos. They don't have an internal software team that they believe in, so they're switching to an Nvidia based solution, which means they'll be in sync with all...

The general vibe in their 3-month review is positive about the vehicle, but also feeling that the software lags behind, and the pace of improvement doesn't cause confidence that Lucid is on top of the vehicle software. Which I think is an extremely fair take on the where Lucid is. They've...

This is a big reason why leasing a Gravity is attractive to me instead of my normal practice of paying cash for a vehicle. I'm not at all certain I want to keep it past the warranty period, and my service center is "only" ~90 miles away.

Yeah, it does appear that higher interest rates are reflected in the new lease rates for November.

Personally, considering the way the tech industry is screwing journalists, and the increasingly terrible economics of running any kind of journalistic outlet, I don't begrudge Car & Driver for charging licensing fees. They need to be able to pay their staff after all, and that's gotten mighty...

Well, living up here at Lake Tahoe, I certainly see your argument. The range that a GGT offers is a huge part of Lucid's appeal for me, especially since I drive to the bay area at least once a month, and there have been times when I've been doing the round trip weekly. But half or more of that...

I'm not at all certain that low range will really be a problem for them. How many people actually drive their Rivian to Moab for some off-road fun? And even those who do, how many do it more than once or twice a year? Most people will just be driving around town, running errands, commuting to...

Hmm, I guess I'm assuming their rating is about the consumer brand, and not the corporate umbrella, but I could be wrong.

I think a big reason why people disagree so passionately about whether FSD has failed or not is whether you're going off the name and view it as an autonomous driving system, or whether you go off how it's sold and view it as an ADAS. As an ADAS, it's amazingly capable, best available, although...

The $100K+ sensor cost figure for Waymo is way way way out of date. That's from the early days, when all of the sensors were low volume products, and one step away from engineering prototypes. Waymo doesn't disclose a lot of specifics about their driving platform, but they have said that the...

I have to say, I'm surprised that Volkswagen makes their list of top brands. I guess in my mind I've been less then impressed in recent years, and I've stopped keeping track of their offerings.