tuccur
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- Lucid Air Dream Edition P
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- 436
Does the Lucid have 5G for it's network?
Yes, that's what I've been told.Does the Lucid have 5G for it's network?
I would like to think so... would be silly to put LTE in there now... and what is Tesla going to do, almost all of their cars are LTE only... It also makes me wonder... I got a CPU upgrade for free about a year after I bought the car. Is Lucid going to have to update their CPU? Which is to ask, do the Dream Editions use the NVIDIA Drive platform? The announcement made it sound like Lucid will begin using the NVIDIA chipYes, that's what I've been told.
I've been told that certainly the cars have 5G. II got this from Customer Service when I asked:I would like to think so... would be silly to put LTE in there now... and what is Tesla going to do, almost all of their cars are LTE only... It also makes me wonder... I got a CPU upgrade for free about a year after I bought the car. Is Lucid going to have to update their CPU? Which is to ask, do the Dream Editions use the NVIDIA Drive platform? The announcement made it sound like Lucid will begin using the NVIDIA chip
Feels odd to be replying to an 18-month-old message, but it seems to be the best way to go.I've been told that certainly the cars have 5G. II got this from Customer Service when I asked:
Thank you for reaching out to Lucid Customer Care with your questions regarding the LTE network used by your vehicle. The Lucid Air will utilize 5G when accessible, and will use 4G LTE during other times. 5G is still being rolled out across the nation and improving all the time, so expect 5G connectivity to continue to improve.
The chances of LTE disappearing by 2031 are next to nil. Much of the world is still nowhere near having reliable 5G coverage.The difference between 4G and 5G here is huge. My 2015 S6 only had 2G capability, which wasn't a big deal since Audi Connect was sort of a toy service and completely unimportant with regard to most of the infotainment system. During the nine years I've owned the car, both 2G and 3G capabilities have disappeared from the majority of the North American wireless scene.
The infotainment system of the Lucid Air, on the other hand, is heavily dependent on cell service. If it's a 4G modem, it is a near certainty it will become obsolescent long before the warranty runs out on the battery in 2031, and "somebody will come up with a kludge" is not comforting.