Yea there is a bar on the bottom which shows regen vs power but its kind of smallThis is the only time you will ever hear me say this: I wish the circle gauge was visible during ACC for this very reason.
Really? The irony here is too painful to pass up---Lucid's value proposition is basically
What kind of comment is this seriously? You sound like you expect Lucid to be able to defy the laws of physics. The appeal of the Air is that you can pick what you want from a car. There's no car that can do it all at the same time, but this car can do it all, you just have to choose what you want.
It’s still “best in class” range. Drive any other EV as you are describing, or any gas car, for that matter, and you’ll be making more stops to refuel. That’s unavoidable.
"Defy physics?" No--Lucid is defying their range promises --was 520 miles achieve in a down-hill vacuum at perfect temp?
You either trust Lucid and Tom Moloughney and Edmunds in their testing or you don't. No one on these forums are going to bother trying to replicate the testing they did. Lucid says 520 miles. Tom got 500, Edmunds got 505. If getting to 96-97% of EPA is not good enough, then please point us in the direction of a car that will satisfy the requirements you referenced.
There seems to be a bit of Goldilocks expectations placed on this car. Peter can’t end range anxiety if the buyer is impossible to please (“The car can’t go 520 if I don’t obey driving rules that apply to all EVs when trying to get max range? Waaaa Peter lied to us!”) Does it have better range than literally ANY other EV you can buy regardless of how you drive the Lucid compared to other EVs under the same conditions? Yes. It. Does. But does the driver still have range anxiety? If so then that’s not the car’s fault.
I love that I have options. My trip to Payson was more than spirited, and I expected to pay a price in range. BUT what I didn't know was that the 14-50 dryer plug I expected was actually a 6-30 one. I had no way to charge the vehicle and outside of a Tesla supercharger, there were no options to recharge except back in Phoenix. My home was 85 miles away. I had 130 mile of range. The trip back was probably 60-40 downhill to uphill. I made it home with 40 miles of range remaining. I drove 75 mph. Minimal AC and mostly ACC. I also had a little fun at the end when going up a pretty steep hill. I had a similar range issue coming back from LA (mostly flat). It is very possible to get 1:1 range miles to actual miles without a huge sacrifice. 75 mph while slow for this car is not 55 mph.
I agree. My calculation is take 80% of 100% range (to keep the battery in its charging good spot) and then another 25% off for not driving it like a Buick. But as you noted...it is still way better than anyone else.
Honestly driving it like a hooligan doesn’t even poop the range that much, it seems more temperature and elevation that drop the range.
I tend to be very competitive. Is it from ADD? Too much coffee? Who knows, but it tends to make me drive too fast. Over the years as my cars got faster and faster (and maybe my hair got grayer) it became unreasonable to push the limits in traffic. That's when I discovered hypermiling. It allows full effort competition, requires full concentration, and can be done safely on public roads. It uses many of the skills I learned on race tracks (both 2 and 4 wheels). YesI plan to take my Air GT to a
You get tired faster running than walking, too. Turns out physics is a thing.
Yes! I seldom see it mentioned but driving in the thinner air of higher elevations absolutely reduces resistance from the air you pass through. I did the math once (long forgotten number, low double digits%) after riding through a-state-with-ski-resorts at go-to-jail speeds and getting 50mpg on a Ducati (high CDa) that usually got 30mpg at legal-ish speeds in the lowlands. Climbing mountains in a heavy car, of course, costs much more energy.
So, what you are saying is I need to move to Denver to achieve max mi/kwh?
As long as you only drive in the summer and only travel to Chyenne and Trinidad you'll be racking up the high (low) all time score!
Well this bodes very well for me here in Boulder.
I am very anxious for somebody to hack the Lucid's network. It had no OBDII port, only ethernet. Regen seems very high in this car. Most EVs can only turn about 30-something% of kinetic energy back into stored chemical energy. It will be great to see if Lucid has moved the bar there as well.
I only understood half of what you said there, and this may not be the data points you need, but the max it seems you can get is 6.4 mi/kwh. I've never seen it go higher, even when simply coasting 14 miles down through the mountains (with trip reset at the top). Now, it did continue to say 6.4 for about 12 miles or so of slightly up and down roads, including about 1 mile climbing back up into the mountains.
Thanks! That is useful to know.
