Damn Lucid! My efficiency just …

[Sid432]

My drive from Central Jersey to KOP service center. Efficiency of my Air Touring. Nothing crazy but drove between 70-75 MPH with 72 degrees heat with outside temperatures of 40-45

My efficiency is pretty awesome

 

[A Fischman]

My drive from Central Jersey to KOP service center. Efficiency of my Air Touring. Nothing crazy but drove between 70-75 MPH with 72 degrees heat with outside temperatures of 40-45

My efficiency is pretty awesome

My experience exactly. I don't understand the constant whining. The car is awesome.

 

[DeaneG]

That's within a couple ticks of my lifetime average efficiency in my Air GT. Fifty percent higher miles per kWh than our other, much smaller EV.

 

[Bobby]

My experience exactly. I don't understand the constant whining. The car is awesome.

First time on the Internet?

 

[TakeDuo]

I’m at 3.01 lifetime with 49k miles but I have real problems verifying the car still has 800hp. Constantly.

 

[jbawden]

My experience exactly. I don't understand the constant whining. The car is awesome.

The "whining" is not about the efficiency, or how the car drives. I agree though, outside of the software the car is awesome.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

I’m at 3.01 lifetime with 49k miles but I have real problems verifying the car still has 800hp. Constantly.

I bought a set of 21"s just so I could try Sprint mode. Had the car since September '22. Have not been in Sprint mode.

What's it like ?

 

[Blue Lectroid]

The "whining" is not about the efficiency, or how the car drives. I agree though, outside of the software the car is awesome.

I personally like the software…

 

[TakeDuo]

I bought a set of 21"s just so I could try Sprint mode. Had the car since September '22. Have not been in Sprint mode.

What's it like ?

To quote our Lucid social media star @LucidDropkick “if I’m gonna use sprint mode, I might as well launch it.” “put your head back or the car will do it for you”

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[Electrified]

My drive from Central Jersey to KOP service center. Efficiency of my Air Touring. Nothing crazy but drove between 70-75 MPH with 72 degrees heat with outside temperatures of 40-45

My efficiency is pretty awesome

Forget that efficiency, I want to know how long it took for your door handles to flip up..................

 

[Sid432]

Forget that efficiency, I want to know how long it took for your door handles to flip up..................

One touch. Every single time opens quickly. Never had the problem with mobile key

 

[Blue Lectroid]

One touch. Every single time opens quickly. Never had the problem with mobile key

Same here.

 

[kae02]

My drive from Central Jersey to KOP service center. Efficiency of my Air Touring. Nothing crazy but drove between 70-75 MPH with 72 degrees heat with outside temperatures of 40-45

My efficiency is pretty awesome

I live around KOP area too. Below is the efficiency of my car. Seeing yours make me to believe something is definitely wrong with my car. I do mix of city/highway and have been very generous is acceleration. Anyone else with similar efficiency in north east region with similar weather conditions?

 

[Blue Lectroid]

I live around KOP area too. Below is the efficiency of my car. Seeing yours make me to believe something is definitely wrong with my car. I do mix of city/highway and have been very generous is acceleration. Anyone else with similar efficiency in north east region with similar weather conditions?

What year and model do you have? Do you preheat your car? Do you accelerate quickly or slowly?

 

[kae02]

What year and model do you have? Do you preheat your car? Do you accelerate quickly or slowly?

What year and model do you have? - 2023 Air Touring
Do you preheat your car? - Sometimes not always
Do you accelerate quickly or slowly? Nah! I have two small kiddos on car seats most of the time.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

Hard to say…I don’t have a full year in my ‘25 AGT yet, but there are definitely folks who are getting similar numbers to yours whose car does NOT have an issue. Routinely preheating the car will definitely help your winter efficiency.

I live in Central NJ and over my first 800 miles I have averaged over 3.8 mi/kWh…all winter driving. I DO almost always preheat…

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

I live around KOP area too. Below is the efficiency of my car. Seeing yours make me to believe something is definitely wrong with my car. I do mix of city/highway and have been very generous is acceleration. Anyone else with similar efficiency in north east region with similar weather conditions?

I live within 10 miles of the KoP service center. I have a '22 GT. I have about 20k miles on the car and during that time I have a 3.3 kW/mi efficiency. This is summer and winter, with the 19" A/S tires and the 21" summer tires, both city and highway driving. I am not an aggressive driver (the wife is usually with me), but on the highways do like the left lane when it's open, otherwise I used Adaptive Cruse and stick to the right lane. I drive almost exclusively in Smooth mode (it's more than enough power, thank you). I have seen 3.8 kW/ mi. for a few hundred miles or so. I have also seen well into the 2s over short trips when I'm driving aggressively in freezing temperatures, and in the mountains. I am a retired lithium chemist and know a bit about batteries and lithium batteries in particular. I am astounded at the batteries in the Lucid.

I have not been pre-heating my car these past winters (on third winter), I do garage my car, and have a home charger (Betty Boop). I do pre-condition before DC fast charging.

Your longer term charging efficiency - over 3 kW/mi. looks OK to me, but I only have experience with the '22 GT.

Don't compare your efficiency with Blue Lectroid's car -- he's an alien from the Eight Dimension.

 

[Nephron]

I’m curious to know how many Lucid owners actually care about efficiency after owning the car for a year or so. If your daily commute is comfortably less than the car’s range, I’m more interested in enjoying the drive with acceleration and all the other features, except for long road trips.

 

[wa_lucid]

My average efficiency of my 2023 Touring, after two years and 16k was 3.28, in the Seattle area of the Pacific Northwest.

I don't care much about the efficiency, the car has plenty of range. It is just curiosity about why I am unable to get numbers close to the ones other owners are getting and in-line with Lucid's advertised range.

 

[Lucken]

I’m curious to know how many Lucid owners actually care about efficiency after owning the car for a year or so. If your daily commute is comfortably less than the car’s range, I’m more interested in enjoying the drive with acceleration and all the other features, except for long road trips.

I do. There are a few of us that enjoy chasing efficiency as much as many enjoy speed. I do find it interesting that many who buy EVs for environmental reasons, don’t seem to be particularly interested in driving for efficiency.