Derek Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid Motors. 11/18/2022 to ask me anything on Reddit /r/Lucid

[hydbob]

Hey Gang,

Derek will be hosting a Reddit Ask Me Anything via r/Lucid on 11/18/22 @ 10:30 AM PST.

Greetings Reddit! I’m Derek Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid Motors. Join me on 11/18/2022 to ask me anything about my design inspiration, automotive design, or my latest work — Lucid Air.
by u/Lucid_DerekJ in LUCID

 

[changinator]

question 1: why design smol cupholders?

 

[Team Geezer]

Why did you feel the need to re-invent the wheel? Ooops! I meant to say key fob.

 

[Bel]

Why design of too small cell charger.
Why distorted view (at night) design of wind shield for tall people.
Why design with steering wheel not coming out far enough for tall people.
Why design location of turn signal mirrors in the cockpit so theyre 70% blocked by the steering wheel for tall people with the seat furtherest back and lowest position.
Why design with no physical buttons for three garage doors.
Why design of wiper location so you cant easily remove ice frozen to the wiper blades or put the wipers out from the wind shield over night -- have to open frunk and getting snow and ice all over it to clean wiper blades from ice.
Why design with no (manual) interwall setting of wind shield wipers since auto doesnt work well.

 

[martinmeyer]

Why design of too small cell charger.
Why distorted view (at night) design of wind shield for tall people.
Why design with steering wheel not coming out far enough for tall people.
Why design location of turn signal mirrors in the cockpit so theyre 70% blocked by the steering wheel for tall people with the seat furtherest back and lowest position.
Why design with no physical buttons for three garage doors.
Why design of wiper location so you cant easily remove ice frozen to the wiper blades or put the wipers out from the wind shield over night -- have to open frunk and getting snow and ice all over it to clean wiper blades from ice.
Why design with no (manual) interwall setting of wind shield wipers since auto doesnt work well.

All of these questions are wrong-headed. Most people don’t intentionally design something stupidly, it’s usually an oversight coupled with poor qa. You don’t design to be bad for tall people, you fail to design it to be good for them.

 

[borski]

All of these questions are wrong-headed. Most people don’t intentionally design something stupidly, it’s usually an oversight coupled with poor qa. You don’t design to be bad for tall people, you fail to design it to be good for them.

 

[t12g]

I took a quick peek at r/lucid but was a bit confused by the subreddit description:

Ever had a dream so disturbing…you couldn’t get it out of your head? LUCID...aperback and ebook available now at Hearts on Fire Books; www.heartsonfirebooks.com (Mystery/Suspense section).

created by katherineyeboaha community for 13 years

That doesn't quite look right?

 

[Tesla2.0]

Will Lucid make sports car 2 seaters with MX falcom-wing doors or Lambo beetle-wing doors?

 

[Tesla2.0]

When will the updates Lucid Gravity be revealed?

 

[changinator]

When will the updates Lucid Gravity be revealed?

on 11/15

In addition, the online event will also feature exciting announcements about the Lucid business and future models, including the Project Gravity SUV that reimagines the luxury SUV with the same in-house developed technology that underpins the groundbreaking Lucid Air sedan. - https://lucidmotors.com/media-room/lucid-air-pure-touring-unveiled-november-15

 

[DeaneG]

Why design of too small cell charger.
Why distorted view (at night) design of wind shield for tall people.
Why design with steering wheel not coming out far enough for tall people.
Why design location of turn signal mirrors in the cockpit so theyre 70% blocked by the steering wheel for tall people with the seat furtherest back and lowest position.
Why design with no physical buttons for three garage doors.
Why design of wiper location so you cant easily remove ice frozen to the wiper blades or put the wipers out from the wind shield over night -- have to open frunk and getting snow and ice all over it to clean wiper blades from ice.
Why design with no (manual) interwall setting of wind shield wipers since auto doesnt work well.

I think many of these are deliberate compromises to keep the roof line as low and rounded as possible for maximum range. Same reason the car has limited ground clearance and a high floor. It's fine for many but not for all.

 

[changinator]

Will Lucid make sports car 2 seaters with MX falcom-wing doors or Lambo beetle-wing doors?

 

[hydbob]

Updated with the actual link.

Greetings Reddit! I’m Derek Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid Motors. Join me on 11/18/2022 to ask me anything about my design inspiration, automotive design, or my latest work — Lucid Air.
by u/Lucid_DerekJ in LUCID

 

[hellolucid]

someone should ask him to move the AMA to r/IAmA.

/r/LUCID is not for discussing the car iirc (although the front page looks like it) and hosting it in LUCID will limit visibility.

 

[hydbob]

someone should ask him to move the AMA to r/IAmA.

/r/LUCID is not for discussing the car iirc (although the front page looks like it) and hosting it in LUCID will limit visibility.

It gets cross-posted so no worries there.

 

[hydbob]

actual AMA here

Greetings Reddit! I’m Derek Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid Motors. Ask me anything about my design inspiration, automotive design, or my latest work — Lucid Air.
by u/Lucid_DerekJ in LUCID

 

[Ned]

When will we see CarPlay?

 

[Tesla2.0]

When will we see CarPlay?

That is not a design question.

 

[Bobby]

Why design of too small cell charger.
Why distorted view (at night) design of wind shield for tall people.
Why design with steering wheel not coming out far enough for tall people.
Why design location of turn signal mirrors in the cockpit so theyre 70% blocked by the steering wheel for tall people with the seat furtherest back and lowest position.
Why design with no physical buttons for three garage doors.
Why design of wiper location so you cant easily remove ice frozen to the wiper blades or put the wipers out from the wind shield over night -- have to open frunk and getting snow and ice all over it to clean wiper blades from ice.
Why design with no (manual) interwall setting of wind shield wipers since auto doesnt work well.

You need to go pet a cute puppy or something. This repeated list of items on the forum is so tiring.

 

[Bobby]

is it just me or is the AMA excruciatingly slow and devoid of actual answers?