Arizona

[blueice89]

Starting to feel that Az heat glass roof got warm while running errands grocery store

 

[hydbob]

Starting to feel that Az heat glass roof got warm while running errands grocery store

On your Tesla....

 

[blueice89]

On your Tesla....

I imagine any glass roof is going to take heat at least today it’s 91 degrees doesn’t exclude Lucid or any other brand. AZ is a very hot place literally called valley of the sun

 

[Alex]

I imagine any glass roof is going to take heat at least today it’s 91 degrees doesn’t exclude Lucid or any other brand. AZ is a very hot place literally called valley of the sun

Actually,

“The Salt River valley, popularly called the Valley of the Sun, includes not only Phoenix but also nearby cities such as Mesa, Scottsdale, and Tempe.”

Phoenix | Arizona, Population, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica

Phoenix, city, seat (1871) of Maricopa county and capital of Arizona, U.S. It lies along the Salt River in the south-central part of the state, about 120 miles (190 km) north of the Mexico border and midway between El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. The Salt River valley, popularly called

www.britannica.com

So not all of AZ.

 

[thepolock]

Just received my Touring yesterday April 11 in Scottsdale after waiting almost a year. I waited for the metal roof as I didn't think the Arizona sun would be good. After pickup yesterday, Phoenix got up to over 101 degrees. Was nice not to have that sun beating down on me.

 

[stevelitchfieldpark]

Just received my Touring yesterday April 11 in Scottsdale after waiting almost a year. I waited for the metal roof as I didn't think the Arizona sun would be good. After pickup yesterday, Phoenix got up to over 101 degrees. Was nice not to have that sun beating down on me.

I've been in the car when it was 115 and was out and about yesterday and have never noticed any extra heat coming from my glass roof!

 

[lsbuffs]

I've been meaning to ask the AZ group about best practices for cooling the car. I was at Tempe Town Lake a couple of days ago, and had the car sitting in the sun for a couple of hours. This was really the first time it's been outside in the heat for any period of time since taking delivery in December. Anyway, I felt it took a long time to cool down. I set the a/c to 59 and turned on the seat ventilation. Is there anything else people are doing to cool the car when it's super hot? Was wondering if I should have cracked the windows a bit or turned on the rear a/c too.

In the future, I think I'll try to do a better job remember to remotely turn on the a/c well before I get in. And raise the rear and side window blinds. But was just thinking that the cooling performance earlier this week wasn't as good as some of the ICE cars I've had in the past.

 

[Adnillien]

I've been meaning to ask the AZ group about best practices for cooling the car. I was at Tempe Town Lake a couple of days ago, and had the car sitting in the sun for a couple of hours. This was really the first time it's been outside in the heat for any period of time since taking delivery in December. Anyway, I felt it took a long time to cool down. I set the a/c to 59 and turned on the seat ventilation. Is there anything else people are doing to cool the car when it's super hot? Was wondering if I should have cracked the windows a bit or turned on the rear a/c too.

In the future, I think I'll try to do a better job remember to remotely turn on the a/c well before I get in. And raise the rear and side window blinds. But was just thinking that the cooling performance earlier this week wasn't as good as some of the ICE cars I've had in the past.

If you are going to be out of the car for less than 45 minutes, just set the temperature hold when you park. This works great for running into a store and coming back out. If the car has been in the sun for a long time, like at work, I set the remote cooling about 10 minutes before I get to my car. The remote cooling turns on both the front and back systems. If you get into a hot car without pre-cooling, turning on the rear AC will help.

 

[lsbuffs]

If you are going to be out of the car for less than 45 minutes, just set the temperature hold when you park. This works great for running into a store and coming back out. If the car has been in the sun for a long time, like at work, I set the remote cooling about 10 minutes before I get to my car. The remote cooling turns on both the front and back systems. If you get into a hot car without pre-cooling, turning on the rear AC will help.

Excellent, thanks!

 

[Steveinarizona]

Actually,

“The Salt River valley, popularly called the Valley of the Sun, includes not only Phoenix but also nearby cities such as Mesa, Scottsdale, and Tempe.”

Phoenix | Arizona, Population, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica

Phoenix, city, seat (1871) of Maricopa county and capital of Arizona, U.S. It lies along the Salt River in the south-central part of the state, about 120 miles (190 km) north of the Mexico border and midway between El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. The Salt River valley, popularly called

www.britannica.com

So not all of AZ.

Okay...we know the story,. You guys got the University, Phoenix area got the insane asylum. Enough said.

 

[Volund]

Just received my Touring yesterday April 11 in Scottsdale after waiting almost a year. I waited for the metal roof as I didn't think the Arizona sun would be good. After pickup yesterday, Phoenix got up to over 101 degrees. Was nice not to have that sun beating down on me.

I've been in the car when it was 115 and was out and about yesterday and have never noticed any extra heat coming from my glass roof!

The car is manufactured in Arizona, I would really hope they have at least the heat aspect of testing down lol

But snow, from my 10 degree cross country trip, I think they didn't do enough snow and freezing testing because many owners including myself ran into the frozen trunk and latch problem.

And we still have no idea how the Lucid would behave if the door handles froze shut

 

[joec]

Don’t underestimate the power of the sun shades. If you are going to park it in the sun, pull up all three shades. Will make a difference to how hot the interior gets.

And yes, either set the climate to hold or start up the climate from the app a good 5-10 minutes before you get back to the car.

 

[blueice89]

I've been in the car when it was 115 and was out and about yesterday and have never noticed any extra heat coming from my glass roof!

Okay this is what you should do. Next time you get in your car in June put both hands on your glass roof and don’t remove them for 20 seconds and please record it lol

 

[blueice89]

I've been meaning to ask the AZ group about best practices for cooling the car. I was at Tempe Town Lake a couple of days ago, and had the car sitting in the sun for a couple of hours. This was really the first time it's been outside in the heat for any period of time since taking delivery in December. Anyway, I felt it took a long time to cool down. I set the a/c to 59 and turned on the seat ventilation. Is there anything else people are doing to cool the car when it's super hot? Was wondering if I should have cracked the windows a bit or turned on the rear a/c too.

In the future, I think I'll try to do a better job remember to remotely turn on the a/c well before I get in. And raise the rear and side window blinds. But was just thinking that the cooling performance earlier this week wasn't as good as some of the ICE cars I've had in the past.

The see through ness of the glass is going to be a curve ball for AZ heat. Do you have most your windows ceramic tinted? I feel that’s a must on any car with this much glass.

 

[blueice89]

Just received my Touring yesterday April 11 in Scottsdale after waiting almost a year. I waited for the metal roof as I didn't think the Arizona sun would be good. After pickup yesterday, Phoenix got up to over 101 degrees. Was nice not to have that sun beating down on me.

This is very intriguing a Touring with metal roof great for our heat

 

[Vette2Lucid]

Just received my Touring yesterday April 11 in Scottsdale after waiting almost a year. I waited for the metal roof as I didn't think the Arizona sun would be good. After pickup yesterday, Phoenix got up to over 101 degrees. Was nice not to have that sun beating down on me.

Does that make us twins? I got my white metal-roof Touring the day before (shout out to Brandon, my excellent delivery specialist). This is my first post in the Arizona forum. Even with the metal roof, I'm surprised how warm the car is. I had ceramic tint on my lots-of-glass C6 'Vette which seemed to help a lot, and I'll be checking the options mentioned on the tinting threads here, plus the Autobahn (formerly Huper Optik) film I had.

 

[blueice89]

Does that make us twins? I got my white metal-roof Touring the day before (shout out to Brandon, my excellent delivery specialist). This is my first post in the Arizona forum. Even with the metal roof, I'm surprised how warm the car is. I had ceramic tint on my lots-of-glass C6 'Vette which seemed to help a lot, and I'll be checking the options mentioned on the tinting threads here, plus the Autobahn (formerly Huper Optik) film I had.

The heat is really starting to kick in… Godspeed

I got ceramic 35s all around and tinted the windshield only 25% which is technically against the legal limit lol

 

[Halodde]

Hey, Arizona peeps! Checking in from sunny (ahem) Buffalo, NY! It just occurred to me that I should check in with all of you to see if there is anything Lucid related going on Memorial Day weekend in the Scottsdale area. I'm going to be there with friends and family for a quick visit from Thursday night through early Monday (Memorial Day). Sadly, I won't have my Touring with me for such a short visit. But, if anything is going on, I'd gladly grab an uber or something to meet up with fellow owners. Is anyone planning anything at some point during the weekend?

 

[blueice89]

I rented a Lucid last Memorial Day and made some crazy headlines I wonder what this Memorial Day will bring… stay tuned

 

[hydbob]

I rented a Lucid last Memorial Day and made some crazy headlines I wonder what this Memorial Day will bring… stay tuned

I feel a forum ban looming in the not to distant future.