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Do you have any notes on your comparison you can share as well?

My SiriusXM has shifted from Beta to the 90 day free trial. I feel the fidelity and resolution is significantly improved now over the audio quality of Beta. Not like Tidal/Atmos but noticeably better. We use SiriusXM in all of our vehicles and now I’m convinced I will keep it in the Lucid.

I wonder what is the root cause of this variability of our charging experiences with EA. I am a regular user of EA on road trips and I have never had any issues whatsoever with the vehicle to charger connection, handshake, and free charge process. The only issues I have had with EA are waiting...

I did a detailed post a few days ago about winter driving efficiency. My conclusion is at 20F I lost 33% efficiency. I find the 19 inch all season tires to be outstanding for all season tires. Lucid features the Pirelli winter tires if you want better snow and ice performance. I plan to get...

Drive any way you want and I will do the same. Don’t tell me what to do and I won’t tell you what to do. I enjoy the efficiency aspect of the Lucid Air because nothing showcases the engineering leadership of Lucid in the EV industry as the ability to drive with great comfort at 4.5 mi/KWh...

There is no one right answer. If you want to drive for maximum efficiency, go for it. I got 4.5 mi/KWh on a trip last summer. If you want to drive prudently to try to save the planet, go for it. If you want to drive for maximum fun, go for it. The Lucid Air is anything you want it to be on any...

Better to just do the math. 48A x 240v = 11.5KW. An hour of charging is 11.5KWh. If you think you can get 4 mi/KWh that is 11.5 x 4 = 46 miles/hour.

900 mile road trip in the upper Midwest. Day 1 was 30F with heavy sleet. I did 3.1 mi/kWh with the same driving style when I achieved 4.2 mi/kWh in the summer, 68-74 mph using ACC and no manual acceleration. Day 2 was 20F with wind but no precipitation and I achieved only 2.8. I used the seat...

EVGo is my primary backup to EA. They do have many older 50KW chargers. If you use a newer one those have worked well for me, typically 100-125 KW in my experience. I have the app and the connection/handshake works seemlessly.

Lucid is miles ahead of the game launching Gravity vs. Air. Established suppliers, component designs, manufacturing and assembly process design and methodologies, quality control data, and general operations experience. Gravity is a larger vehicle with some additional complexities and is...

Here is a nice story. Driving home Monday afternoon in the Lucid getting ready for Thanksgiving, I hit a pothole hard and blew the right rear tire. I drove carefully at very slow speed on the rim to get the vehicle to a safe spot. First available place just ahead happened to be a Toyota dealer...

I have been using the philosophy to stop more often, every 2.5-3 hours (need to stretch and pee) and do a quick partial recharge each stop. For me it saves time overall.

I have also signed up for EVGo as a backup to EA. Good to have ready-to-use options in case there are no EA locations nearby or if they are full/inoperative. I have had very good luck with EVGo. Usage is simple if you create an account ahead of time and initiate the charging session through the...

The EA app updates charger status in near real time as well. If you don’t mind stopping along the way, there is an EA location just east of Naples and one in Port Charlotte that both appear to be working at this point in time.

First I liked it. Now I find it annoying.

Cd is coefficient of drag. It is a measure between 0-1 of how efficient the object is moving through the air. 0 is perfect zero drag, 1 is the worst which would be essentially a flat surface. I think a geometric example of the lowest possible Cd is a sphere. I think Cd is multiplied by surface...

Got it. Worth some experimentation especially for shorter trips. It seems even leaving home nice and toasty within 30 minutes the car will be frigid unless the battery management system intervenes.

WI, IL, IN, MI, KY, TN, GA, FL. Just 8 states. 9,000 miles since March 2023 delivery. Every mile has been enjoyable. Generally very good EA charging experiences except one location in Tennessee depowered to about 80KW.

Yes. How should I use preconditioning to help efficiency?

There are several posts about cold weather efficiency popping up on various threads here. Great topic. Maybe we can consolidate into one thread as we accumulate more experiences heading into winter. I have experienced a 25% decline in efficiency at 25F versus 70F (3.2 vs 4.2) flat terrain.