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Lucid’s future, like most startups, rests on their ability to correct all their many mistakes. I suspect many of the UX issues you note, such as the doors not opening reliably, are in fact down to electrical hardware issues, not simply software. Most traditional OEMs get their electrical...

I haven’t seen that, but are you sure they’re referring to copper and not cobalt? In any case yes, both play a role and can impact charging performance and cost.

Lucid’s current engineering philosophy is fundamentally different than Porsche’s. In fact it’s like the old Porsche, the one that nearly went bankrupt in the 1990s. I do wonder if Lucid can make it work where Porsche didn’t. In 1991 Porsche sold 23,000 cars worldwide on three platforms, each...

I think Kyle’s video said 7:1 front and 8.7:1 rear. I think that’s for the standard Gravity GT.

@borski Is either your DE or the Gravity the type of car that would get you out of bed early on a Sunday morning to go for a drive? If so what type of roads? And what other cars are in that class for you, if any?

I'm in complete agreement re the time spent at gas stations during normal course of business. The gravity will be our household's fifth full EV and sixth plug in car, but my wife was hesitant for years due to range anxiety. When she finally made the switch it took her two weeks to decide she was...

Probably not, I suspect it's faster in most road trip cases (depending on how you hit the lights). But above are the numbers I found quoted for this type of study.

Worse than that. While water cooled cables are better in theory Tesla has substantially cut the cross section of the conductors. So V3 cables will be more efficient until V4 cabinets come. They apparently gain about 2% grid to vehicle efficiency (with higher voltage, which will also halve cable...

Keeping that cable cool has multiple functions, one of which is to reduce losses. Meaning a cool cable actually reduces your cost to charge noticeably. So yea, give me the bulky cable. Anywhere from 2 minutes to 60 in my experience? You can’t trust that an EA station shown to be unoccupied and...

And then hired many of them back. Like I said, greed. Musk sent a clear message to his other lieutenants, but he still wants the ~1B in profit per year the network is projected to make by 2030. It’s take years for any major player to catch Tesla, let alone pass them- securing the locations...

You can universally count on people to be greedy (some more than others). Superchargers are a real profit center for Tesla, and they charge other manufactures more than they do Tesla owners. Given this both moving cars through faster and keeping their chargers as the preferred option is in their...

Keep in mind Tesla will soon be deploying full V4 superchargers, which will charge faster than any of the tests conducted so far (rated to 500 watts). So an easy, reliable 220-270 miles of range added in 15 minutes depending on wheels and SOC you arrive with, giving you a solid 3 more hours in...

Can I ask what you don’t like? Anything annoying so far, or anything you wish they did differently?

I did the math in the other thread, but leaving the house fully charged and charging to 300 miles you’d expect the Gravity to be essentially equal time off the highway as a gas car over 1000 miles when charging on the supercharger network. Anything below 1000 miles and the Gravity would actually...

The average “station dwell time” at a gas station is 12 minutes, from pulling in to leaving, plus 8 minutes of “off route time” getting to and from the gas station. Depending on the car that might give you 300 miles range. 20 minutes per 300 miles works out to 6.7 minutes per 100 miles traveled...

So practically speaking to maximize speed over ground: if you’re using EA or similar you want to come in on fumes, >5% battery charge, then unplug at 50% state of charge. That’ll have you charging at ~1300 mph. On a supercharger coming in at anywhere from 1-20% is fine, unplug at 60%, charge is...

From the video. I wish they would actually edit…

Moving this here: Charge curves. Miles all based on 450 miles epa range (small wheels): On a supercharger 0-45% / 202 miles) in 15.1 minutes. 60% / 270 miles in 20.4 minutes. On a higher power charger 0-20% / 90 miles) 3.8 minutes, 40% / 180 miles 8 minutes, 60% / 270 miles in 14 minutes.

Charge curves.