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- Feb 12, 2022
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- Brecksville, Ohio
- Cars
- Lucid Air Touring
Did a 1500 mile trip from Cleveland OH to Wilmington NC this weekin the Air Touring. I've had my Air for 2.5 yrs & have never done a trip so wanted to try one while I still have free charging. A few trip notes:
- Planning: I used ABRP to plan the trip using 3.8m/kwh for reference, which was way too conservative. I had used the option to link the app to the car & didn't realize it would auto calibrate after a while, which it did to 4.36 mi/kwh allowing us to skip a charge stop on the way home. Used Google maps for nav...great to have AA! The only thing I couldn't figure out was how to use the Lucid nav to initiate smart conditioning while also using Google nav for better routing.
- Dream Drive: Hands free HA worked great (99% of the time). I wasn't brave enough to try it on the fast steep highway curves of WV but used it everywhere else & was definitely great to have it. We had 3 phantom rapid decelerations when next to large trucks & 4 incidents where it briefly tried to turn onto off-ramps. I was fine with this, but it freaked my wife out each time it happened & made her a bit skittish about using it. Auto lane change worked really well & I don't think I could live without turn signal cameras in the gauge cluster now that I've grown used to them.
- Charging: I used EA chargers exclusively & all worked on first try. I was expecting more charging drama! I also never had to wait in the car while charging. Our longest charge stops down & back were over lunch, & the others coincided with shorter bathroom & leg stretch stops, so there was almost no time spent sitting around waiting. Our hotel also had 4 free chargers that were available every day in the parking deck so that was a nice surprise as we were driving a couple hours each day after we arrived. I had purchased both Tesla adapters but never needed to use either.
- Range: Range was good at around 325 miles although I really wish I had the extra range that comes with the GT. Kept the car at 75 most of the trip which kept me right in line with ABRP estimates. I pushed it a bit on one leg by going from 85% to 5% to make it to the free EA chargers, vs paying for an EVGO a few miles earlier. Not sure if I'd cut it that close again, but was good to know that I could.
- Comfort: What a great highway cruiser...smooth & fast never gets old & I found that I felt less fatigued after driving than in our other cars. I purchased the Lucid glass roof shades & they significantly helped with regulating cabin temps.
