He arrived at my house, took the car, did some diagnostics of some kind, had it for about 2 hours, returned it and all is well. Frankly, I have no idea what exactly he was doing, perhaps doing a "harder" reset than we can do with the key card? My issues may be unique to me: My Delivery Advisor forgot to set up my car on the Electrify America account when he delivered the car last week. When I went to charge it at EA, it kept throwing error codes on the EA kiosks and on the car. The car went into Turtle Mode ("limp mode"), which is terrifying if you haven't experienced that yet -- the car basically accelerates like a 1967 VW Beetle and won't go over 30 mph. A key-card reset fixed that, but then the car would not charge on my 60A ChargePoint at work, either.
And the Bluetooth connection to my iPhone 13 stopped working correctly -- it would steal the call but no sound on either end. Whatever he did with his 2 hours with the car, it worked because it now charges fine on ChargePoint and EA, and the Bluetooth picks up appropriately.
I am switching back & forth between my Tesla Model S P100D and the Lucid Air DE, comparing them. I'm trying to get 500 miles under my belt before doing a thorough review, but here's the short version: They are different cars. The Model S is lighter, more silent, more instantaneous in the way it "squirts" with the smallest throttle input. The Lucid is more "purposeful" in everything it does. The throttle is heavier, the steering is heavier, you can feel "friction" in all of the controls -- whereas the Model S feels "loose" because everything is so frictionless and easy. The Lucid is 400 pounds heavier and you can feel it. It is more opulent --it has the feel of an Aston Martin. It makes noise intentionally...rolling out of the garage in the Model S is absolutely 100% silent. In the Lucid (as in the Taycan) there is a funky electronic warble that sounds like getting on Space Mountain. While driving, there is absolutely no friction in the accelerator pedal of the Model S...in the Lucid, you can always feel the accelerator pedal pushing back at you. On the open road, the Lucid is brilliantly stable, and it accelerates fiercely and ferociously -- faster than the Model S once you are underway. when things get twisty, it really lightens up and handles remarkably. My older Model S feels somewhat floaty and loose in comparison. Ironically, I find the Lucid less open & airy than the Model S -- this is because of the dramatic slope of the Lucid's windshield and the way everything is designed to wrap around the driver. It's the difference between sitting in a cozy recliner in a small theater (Lucid) and sitting on a park bench (Tesla).
