I badgered one of the Natick SAs and he in turn transitively badgered someone in an engineering group. The answer I got is that adaptive cruise while towing is on the planned feature list, but with no ETA yet.
Does adaptive cruise control work for you now in tow mode? This is a must for me, so I was shocked when OOS Kyle said it was missing, then hopeful when you commented that the software was not up to date. I read the manual in detail and, whereas the section on Lane Change Assist says
there is no...
You want to go *below* the speed limit through a turn? Unless there's a posted warning, the road is built for cars to go at least the limit on all sections. And that includes jalopies. On a dry road with good pavement the Gravity should be able to take a 70mph turn comfortably at 100, so there's...
It comes down to whether you believe the residual is good. You're paying 10k to finance 51,500 over 3 years -- about 6.5% annually. If the market value of the car is higher than 68k in 3 years then you have overpaid for your "loan" and "should" buy out the lease to recover. Otoh, if the car is...
Just read Lucid's fine print about lease-end options:
"Please note: Purchase option not available in the following states IA, IN, KS, LA, ME, RI."
er, wtf? This is definitely not due to state law in Maine, so must be Lucid's own restriction. Reason?
Argh; "heads-up display". Lucid was doing so well sticking to "head-up display" How many heads do we have again? Is this intended for Zaphod Beeblebrox?
The confusion comes from people conflating the terms "head-up display" and "heads up".
Coming from Teslas the topic I care about most is ADAS, and so far I haven't seen one word about the state of that system in the Gravity -- not just here but anywhere. Does any driver assist even work yet?
Would really like to hear anything you have to say about driver assistance, like adaptive cruise control, changing speeds up/down as speed limits change, whether there's a useful display of surrounding traffic.
Yes, your example is correct, and it was pretty clear that you meant n^2. It's just that an exponential curve rises a lot faster than a quadratic one, and engineers get all twitchy when they see the common misuse of "exponentially" to just mean "a lot". :) Sorry for the OT. Need entertainment...
Aerodynamic/hydrodynamic drag increases roughly quadratically with speed (n^2); not anywhere close to exponentially (B^n). If it was exponential we wouldn't have airliners flying at 500kt, nor probably any rockets lifting anything into space. Jumping from altitude without a parachute might be...
As I mentioned in the original message, I'm in Maine and the insurance company is MMG. Maybe it will turn out to cost a lot more when the time comes, but based on similar expensive-ish aluminum cars (Range Rover) it seems about right for here. I used to live in Austin, TX and insurance was...
I'm planning to replace a 1999 Dodge Ram V10 pickup, which is worth probably less than $10k now. I gave $120k as the price of the Gravity. For reference, the total annual premium for our 2018 Tesla Model 3 LR is $434, and the pickup is $263. So I'm inferring that the total for the Gravity will...
The VIN will be 7UUG1GHL4SA012345 or 7UUG1GHJ6SA012345 (for the 7-seat versions). Last 5 digits (serial) don't matter for insurance purposes. I figured this out from Lucid's federal VIN filing. I was quoted approximately an additional $240/year to add the Gravity to our auto policy here in Maine...