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Yes buying factory at 90% discount AND most importantly a massively shortened time frame is a good move. PIF may have huge funds, but LCID absolutely needed to pivot to more capital efficiency rather than building everything themselves from scratch. Even Tesla started out and has always been...

I expect in Q2 they will release a big update for the Air that will port back stuff from Gravity, especially since it needs some route planning for Tesla access. Hopefully the charging AMP control comes to Air as well.

I think it's 2nd is max width excluding the mirrors, so the widest part after that is the body on the rear fender haunches. The mirrors fold-in quite tightly. There is a way to use home link or some automation to fold the mirrors in location-wise. I had to get used to it the first few months...

I did this recently too, I feel trip A is looking for some condition to reset and start counting KW if you reset it on the move. Ie like you need to be below some certain speed before it restarts.

The Hankook tires are quite a bit better on rolling resistance than anything on the Air GT.

It's to give the car more rear torque bias for balance for power out of corners, handling etc.. Lucid also when driving in smooth under light load is effectively 2WD.

Yes, and Rivian's 400V battery and thermal cooling is the main limiting factor.

I wouldn't guarantee a shorter ratio is less efficient. It's not like an ICE engine that burns more gas at higher RPM and outside of the VE/BSFC; and Lucid's motors are setup for more mid-range, and they are most efficient at their mid-speed to highway speed. The 8.7:1 is offset by the motor's...

I had this problem before, you might try to get them to do remote diagnostics service. Ultimately they found a bad wire harness that was causing my blind spot and 360 to fail 90% of the time and just not load.

Was the ultrasonics registering the distance correctly? Just trying to get context to laggy, if its the actual camera view or the distance on the display. I do get about a second of lag as well; but I am moving so slowly in the garage that I would have trouble hitting anything?

The amount of EVs in my area has exploded higher, to the point I regularly see other Lucids there in line. The main problem is a bunch of slow charging cars trying to get their free charging to 100% SOC and taking up space. This is EA specifically, If I drive an extra 8 miles I can usually...

The All-terrain tires are inefficient on rolling resistance because they need to grab onto gravel and rocks:) They also have a lot of give in the tread to compress.

True the difference in the performance of a Plaid vs LR is much greater than a DE to GT. Rivian is kind of in the middle. But those are also what Lucid must compare to, DE vs quad Rivian.

Gravity should be running shorter gear ratio, they said using the RWD Pures 8.7:1. Again top speed not going to be a thing for a larger SUV.

Agree with @DeaneG, the DE and GT are ultimately still luxury cars that depreciate like crazy. The DE isn't actually limited or special enough to retain more value, especially with the existence of a Sapphire around. SUVs almost never hold value unless they are G-Wagen style off-roaders. They...

This is why I can wait for the touring; it charges so well that it negates any downside of bigger wheels or smaller battery. And Tesla Supercharger access means I don't have to wait in line for charging while my pre-conditioning eats all the battery or runs out and cools back down....

I guess what I was getting at was there a significant drop in HVAC consumption between using manual and all zones in automatic? I looked up the elevation change it was about 40 ft.

Just got back from a day trip. There were some unexpected results. Conditions: 50 Deg F ambient, mild traffic. 136 mi Total. Average highway speed on ACC was about 70 mph. It is a 2024 Air Touring on 19in with Aero Covers. 2 Adults, 2 kids in the car. HVAC in the front set to 68, rear 70...

The pure on 19in wheels will definitely do 5 mi/kwhr on the EPA drive cycle without charging losses included. From Car and Driver's explanation of testing their real-world vs EPA. "That's why there are two terms used: efficiency, which can be expressed in MPGe, includes charging losses, while...

The Smooth and Swift modes are at 50% power reduction on the touring, and have a ramping effect to power from the accelerator for off-line and drive-ability in traffic. Sprint is full beans and instant response. Sometimes on the highway I have felt some sort of 'old-school' gas style...