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Wait, doesn't his car think it's off the coast of Africa or something? I've never driven in Africa, maybe their speed limits tend to end with 8. 🤣

My pet peeve with car seats is that the lumber support is never even close to the right height on my 6'2" tall body. It always feels like it's positioned for someone with a much shorter torso. Finding a good lumber pillow for a car has been pretty hard, and with ventilated/heated seats, I...

28 could be a conversion to miles when thinking the speed limit is 45 km/h. But 30 km/h I'd expect to round up to 19, not down to 18, so that theory could be wrong.

I'm coming from an ICE SUV. I may not be a typical customer, in that Lucid won't just be my first SUV, but it'll also be my first real "luxury" vehicle, costing roughly double the next most expensive vehicle I've ever purchased. To a degree, me stepping up to a much higher price tier is due to...

I recognize the SA and the vehicle: that's the Millbrae showroom model that has been talked about in various threads here.

I really think that launch timing played a key role here. Actual production Gravities have only been available for just over a month. While the early reviews are glowing, I'd certainly be hesitant to give an EV of the Year award to a vehicle that didn't even have a full review published yet...

Too bad it just blocks it, rather than absorbing it. I'm waiting for Lockheed Martin to start making radar absorbing PPF for cars. 🤣

I haven't watched a lot of the OOS videos, so I went to take a look. I'm assuming you're looking at an older video, as there wasn't any miscalculation discussed in the Oct '24 10% challenge video that put 2025 Taycan and 2025 Air head-to-head. The Air did 3.2 miles/kWh, 155 miles, at 80 mph...

Well, Meta and Google have been shedding a lot of people lately. That aside, the tech industry has always had multiple tiers of comp, and it's never been the case that companies paying in the lower tiers cannot build good engineering teams. A company like Lucid might also place a higher value...

If the GGT with the 450 mile config actually delivers a 75 mph range test that has Lucid's indicated 20% reduction, that'll be 360 miles. I'll be happy with that, although of course I won't complain if the Gravity does better.

Very interesting! Who produced the infographic?

I thought it was very interesting that C&D basically accused Lucid of being overly aggressive in how they calculate the EPA numbers, thus resulting in the relatively low speed compared to the Kia. I'm not naive enough to think that the EPA number is a good way for consumers to compare vehicles...

If I were designing the electrical system, I'd have a charger for the 12v battery that drew off the EV's high voltage battery pack, and I'd have the 12v power supplied by a circuit off the 12v battery system. That would provide the benefits of ensuring the 12v battery is always topped off, and...

As Rawlinson said a year ago, Lucid didn't pay attention to software engineering the way it did to the hardware side of the vehicle, and he recognized that they needed to build up their software development capabilities. I can say from personal experience that making such a change typically...

Not the range test we're waiting for, but C&D published an interesting comparison of EV range at different speeds, with an Air as one of the test vehicles: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a65490029/how-does-speed-affect-ev-range-tested/

There does seem to be a pretty big gap between the most responsive SA that chases orphaned builds for people, and the SA that take weeks to respond to messages. We have examples of people taking delivery rapidly after telling their SA they're flexible about the specific configuration...

I'm also looking forward to cold weather efficiency numbers. A big part of the Gravity's appeal is a range rating big enough to still provide a great range after cold weather, a heavy foot, and a bit of battery degradation have all taken their toll. Maybe one of our Argentinian brethren will...

The floor model at the Millbrae studio played the videos flawlessly. I was skeptical that I cared when I got into the car. But after seeing it, I have to admit that it looked gorgeous. I can imagine myself watching something for a while while sitting at a charger for 20 minutes.

I think Republican antagonism towards EVs and the recent policy changes probably don't make a big difference for Air and Gravity sales. Where it will hurt is the next round of vehicles. A $7500 incentive matters a lot more to someone thinking about a $60k vehicle than someone thinking about a...

I share the concern. I'm an engineer and a nerd, and have made the carefully calculated decision to subject myself to the foibles of an EV early in its release. But I'm also happy that my assigned sales person hasn't called me up and said my vehicle has a delivery date assigned, as my wife is...