2.8.0 Software Update

[David R.]

Thanks, I looked everywhere in the app. Will check the screen when I plug in.

It is screen accessible. Feature is called “Current Limiter.”

 

[Sandvinsd]

It's a given that hands free will work only in areas where it's supported. There have been a number of reports of it working for many miles, but I expect that there will be some locations less amenable that don't comply with the requirements for it to be available.

Thanks for the feedback, and it would be helpful to know what triggered it to go to "not hands free" when it happened. Since it's not self driving, we all expect it not to work in some areas. Now it's a matter of finding out which ones.

I would imagine that major interstates in CA are supported such as I5 and I805 in San Diego. It is not that I went into roads that weren’t supported. Same road… hands free, then it switches off, mile later it comes back on, rinse repeat. Just buggy in my one experience. I’ll tell you more after this weekend trip to the Bay Area.

 

[Sandvinsd]

I have a basic question. Can someone enlighten me as to how custom power limits are useful? I always charge at home with the Lucid charger so I don’t know how this may matter in public chargers.

At home the Lucid charger will pull at 80 amps. I would prefer, most of the time, to pull less so that the 80 amp draw does not drain my Powerwall batteries that are for home backup, not charging the car. By pulling, say 50 amps, I can pull from the grid and not the battery.

Other times I want to charge the car faster, so the full 80 amps.

 

[Sandvinsd]

Lower your steering wheel. The camera cannot see your face consistently.

Don’t think that is it, but possible. My steering wheel is already pretty low to prevent face recognition problems eons ago. But. I’ll try that. Guess in hands free you don’t really need to see anything on the dashboard. lol

 

[Taz K]

I would imagine that major interstates in CA are supported such as I5 and I805 in San Diego. It is not that I went into roads that weren’t supported. Same road… hands free, then it switches off, mile later it comes back on, rinse repeat. Just buggy in my one experience. I’ll tell you more after this weekend trip to the Bay Area.

I can confirm that HF activates on the 91, 55, 15, 5, and 405 in SoCal. So far I’m impressed. It did disengage in a patch where lane markers were not well demarcated but I expected it. The lane change in moderate traffic was also smooth.

 

[Genghis]

I can confirm that HF activates on the 91, 55, 15, 5, and 405 in SoCal. So far I’m impressed. It did disengage in a patch where lane markers were not well demarcated but I expected it. The lane change in moderate traffic was also smooth.

Worked like a charm on the 405 in LA in stop & go traffic yesterday. I'm going to be driving to SD from LA this weekend on I-5 and expect it to work the entire route. Great feature for those of us that have to deal with traffic in our routes.

On a sidebar - still got one phantom braking incident on yesterday's drive so the problem persists for those of us affected by it. The update didn't fix so be aware.

 

[Takeshi]

I don't know why; but I am kinda envious that you guys are waiting so Fervently for your 2.8.0 update.

While here, I am driving a random Loaner from Enterprise lol.

Man I shoulda just kept my mouth shut . I got a software update failure, and a 0% failure.

Lucid Software Overlords at the Service Center are keeping a watchful eye on me.

 

[Miami_Lucid_Man]

I think what’s turning out to be my favorite feature of this update is the ability to set the amps on a charge. As I’ve posted in multiple threads previously, the summer months down here have been brutal and my Tesla GEN three wall charger has been throttling down my speeds due to I believe the temperature in my garage. I was getting that red blinking light at the top of the line of green lights as I would charge. but now with the update, I’ve automatically lowered the amps down to 32 for overnight charging which gets me about 7 kW but importantly, I’m not getting any overheating indicator on the charger an hour plus into the charge. So yes, it’s a slightly slower charge, but at least it’s in a more controlled state now.

 

[Miami_Lucid_Man]

I think what’s turning out to be my favorite feature of this update is the ability to set the amps on a charge. As I’ve posted in multiple threads previously, the summer months down here have been brutal and my Tesla GEN three wall charger has been throttling down my speeds due to I believe the temperature in my garage. I was getting that red blinking light at the top of the line of green lights as I would charge. but now with the update, I’ve automatically lowered the amps down to 32 for overnight charging which gets me about 7 kW but importantly, I’m not getting any overheating indicator on the charger an hour plus into the charge. So yes, it’s a slightly slower charge, but at least it’s in a more controlled state now.

So much for that…just got the blinking red light…

 

[JJ_5]

Don’t think that is it, but possible. My steering wheel is already pretty low to prevent face recognition problems eons ago. But. I’ll try that. Guess in hands free you don’t really need to see anything on the dashboard. lol

Borski might be right and it might be a little buggy. I drove 45 minutes on Interstate 15 and couldn't get it to work. Then, on the return trip I briefly got a message that hands free couldn't work because it couldn't fully see my face. Despite adjusting the wheel, my seat and turning drive assist off and on it still never worked and I never received the warning again.

 

[scal_air]

Posted on another thread

Just an FYI that if you upgrade software to 2.8.0 before the CCC v2 upgrade,the upgrade to CPU can’t be done. Mobile service tried to do the CCC v2 upgrade but failed and he had had to reinstall the original CCC. He got back to me that this is now a bug that will need to be fixed maybe by another software upgrade. Bottom line don’t upgrade to 2.8.0 until after you get the CCC v2 upgrade.

 

[actnjack]

I’m loving the hands free drive assist…

 

[Joelaron]

Amazing update. Only odd thing, was ‘hands free’ doesn’t like the Robin Williams Tunnel, northbound 101. Told me it deactivated as soon as I entered, and turned back on on exit. Thank you Lucid!

 

[mraschko]

Apologies if this is already in this thread somewhere (it's long and I haven't read every post). It seems to me that there's also an update to the Sirius XM in 2.8.0. I installed the update last night and one the drive in to the office today, I was seeing what I swear is a new button in the Sirius XM app.

Sometimes it says PLAY ARTIST STATION, sometimes START OVER, sometimes other things. I'd swear I've never seen that before.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Borski might be right and it might be a little buggy. I drove 45 minutes on Interstate 15 and couldn't get it to work. Then, on the return trip I briefly got a message that hands free couldn't work because it couldn't fully see my face. Despite adjusting the wheel, my seat and turning drive assist off and on it still never worked and I never received the warning again.

Did you confirm distracted and drowsy driver alerts are on in Dream Drive settings? Mine were on before the update but then the OTA inexplicably turned them off so I turned them back on and hands free worked spectacularly. I did have to slightly lower the steering wheel for better face recognition but other than that on my commute in Hands Free worked even better than regular Drive Assist did. I was very impressed. I did have an isolated incident of phantom slowing but I think it was justified as there was a large truck to my right up front and the Lucid read it as two trucks with one being in my lane as the truck was close to the line, so the car briefly decelerated by 5mph but then within 2 seconds recognized the truck was not in my lane and then resumed. I actually appreciated it was being cautious without doing more dramatic deceleration like Tesla.

 

[DeaneG]

After the update, I noticed that the Drowsy Driver alert was turned off. I turned it back on and within a second it turned itself off again. Did this about 3x, then it stuck. I rebooted the infotainment as a precaution, and the Drowsy Driver alert had correctly stayed on.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

After the update, I noticed that the Drowsy Driver alert was turned off. I turned it back on and within a second it turned itself off again. Did this about 3x, then it stuck. I rebooted the infotainment as a precaution, and the Drowsy Driver alert had correctly stayed on.

Ah I had to do a reboot after the software installed cuz I got glitchy CarPlay audio, so maybe that’s why my setting stuck when I turned the alerts on. I’m very happy with how hands free works though, I swear it lane changes smoother than how lane change with drive assist performed. They clearly fine tuned many things to the ADAS and didn’t just turn on hands free. Of course I’ve been mostly keeping my hand on the wheel anyway but it’s nice to no longer have the hands on wheel alerts which I’d get constantly when my hands were on the wheel.

 

[BobFM]

I'm curious about your GM Super cruise experience specifically the auto lane change capability. My mind may be too thick to comprehend so please explain how the car knows a lane change should be made without your input?

There is a setting in the vehicle to allow it to change lanes in case of slow traffic or an opening or if a lane is coming to an end. It works pretty well, but there are also times I don’t want it to change lanes, which you can override. It also doesn’t work when trailering or in construction zones.

Per GM:

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[SCOOTERSD]

I would imagine that major interstates in CA are supported such as I5 and I805 in San Diego. It is not that I went into roads that weren’t supported. Same road… hands free, then it switches off, mile later it comes back on, rinse repeat. Just buggy in my one experience. I’ll tell you more after this weekend trip to the Bay Area.

FYI - My test drive was on I-8 out to Alpine and back and it worked beautifully. Coming back into town it briefly cut out with the warning “hands on driving not available in this area” where the I15 and I8 intersect. After passing that area, it picked back up.

 

[newlucidguy]

Apologies if this is already in this thread somewhere (it's long and I haven't read every post). It seems to me that there's also an update to the Sirius XM in 2.8.0. I installed the update last night and one the drive in to the office today, I was seeing what I swear is a new button in the Sirius XM app.

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Sometimes it says PLAY ARTIST STATION, sometimes START OVER, sometimes other things. I'd swear I've never seen that before.

I saw the same, it's pretty cool. must be new.