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I've long found that car salespeople don't actually know that much about the vehicles they sell. They mostly have a superficial familiarity, but anyone who has done substantial research on a vehicle easily outpaces them. This has applied to every car dealership I've ever walked into. In my...

Your observation is one of the appealing things to me about the vehicle. I don't want a behemoth of an SUV that makes parking and maneuvering difficult, but I do want the passenger room and cargo capacity. Combine the packaging of the Gravity with the rear wheel steering, and you have a real...

There is really a market rate for vehicle financing. It's what you're offered from 3rd party financing sources, such as your local bank. But it's also certainly true that manufacturers bake incentives into their finance and leasing deals. The Air, Rivian, and Tesla deals all reflect...

Agreed. Unfortunately, given the macroeconomic situation, it seems fairly unlikely that the market rates for vehicle financing will be coming down. The reverse seems more plausible.

The document specifically says that "the manufacturer shall obtain the approval of the California Air Resource Board...". Considering prior speculation has been around not yet having received CARB approval, this document doesn't seem to change anything. At least, not for California and the...

I seriously considered waiting for a Touring. Looking at the Air, the GT would not be my choice of trims. But, after seeing the early discussion (speculation?) of the reduced range expected in the Gravity Touring, I decided that the GGT was the right model to buy. The range is definitely an...

It's not so much I think I'd get a better rate elsewhere. Rather, I don't really want to finance the vehicle, but I do want the $7500 lease incentive. If I can find a lease that I can buy out immediately without big penalties, the various leasing fees may be more than covered by the $7500...

My prime motivation for leasing would be to take advantage of the $7500 incentive. Does anyone know of a 3rd party leasing company that both passes through the $7500 incentive and also allows for penalty free early buyout?

Realistically, most people have some point in their life where they decide it's time for a new vehicle, and then they buy something that's available for purchase. It's a minority of enthusiasts who wait for an announced but unavailable vehicle to come to market. While I'm sure Lucid would like...

I'd hope that Lucid does the same. My Highlander has blindspot warning lights integrated into the side mirrors. They work, but they're not prominent enough. The lights are small, and I find I have to force myself to pause and look for them, as they're too easy to miss if you turn your head...

I have to disagree. A non-trivial fraction of car accidents are the result of perceptual errors on the part of a driver. It's a surprisingly common phenomena for a driver after an accident to say something like "I never even saw him!". Mental alertness while driving doesn't entirely prevent...

I think Lucid has already addressed this in a reasonable way. They've said that they're supply chain limited on HUD hardware, that they're prioritizing the Dream edition for HUD for now, and that it will be available on GTs in the fall. They've made a perfectly reasonable decision to not ship...

Lucid doesn't necessarily make it easy to find their communication, as you have to monitor Twitter/Facebook/Reddit or this forum, but they've answered some of your questions. It's not feasible to deliver a Gravity without HUD, and then install it later. So either delay delivery because you're...

I guess if you sign up for the more expensive model, you get more irate about the slow production ramp.

I have some (long out of date) experience with homologating motorcycles in the USA. There's a lot of interesting data produced during the process, but the rules are both a bit arcane and also leave lots of room for interpretation for what's required in the testing. When I was involved, the...

It'd be interesting to see how the acceleration graph changes with the same test done across all the different driving modes. That said, I can't imagine not being happy with this kind of 0-60 time. The Gravity achieves 60 mph in less than half the time of my current vehicle. My Highlander...

There's many aspects of the Gravity that I like. But the range is the number one appeal for me. Seating comfort is number 2, and cargo volume is number 3. I don't care at all about the third row, but I travel with a couple of dogs, and the cargo space for them is a huge appeal. Performance...

My working assumption is that the evolution of the Gravity will resemble that of the Air. The Air initially only offered a glass roof, and then eventually the metal roof became a rare option, and now it's readily available from models in inventory. I don't know if the Gravity Touring will be...

There are not that many Gravities in the wild yet, so it'll probably be a bit before anyone has hard data for you. But, there's enough data about towing with EVs generally, and so this question can be reasonably confidently answered. Assuming by your description you're talking about cargo...

It's a problem of different expertise being required. Traditionally, car companies are good at producing real-time software that's highly reliable, but usually doesn't have a lot of features, nor is it easily modifiable. That works in part because each subsystem in a car usually had a small...