You can try activating the wipers by pushing in on the left stalk, as if to initiate the wiper fluid. Just don’t hold it in, and the wipers will start up. Usually, I find with auto wipers, once you get them going like that, the “auto” tends to kick in. Not sure if Lucid’s do or not.
But I agree, a dedicated physical control for the wiper system would probably be better. Lucid tried to strike a balance with physical controls, but I don’t necessarily agree with where they drew the line in every case. I think the left panel with dedicated buttons that don’t change is miles ahead of Tesla’s completely nuts tendency to hide the wipers in more and more difficult to find places in their UX.
If you read me at all on this forum, you’d know I’d never hold up Tesla as anything to emulate. I believe I’m on record for criticizing Tesla more than anyone here by a long shot.
The point is, just because Lucid didn’t consult you specifically and make every control exactly the way it existed on whatever car you had last, that doesn’t mean their choices are all design flaws.
There is no interface for a car that would be perfectly familiar for everyone. Because car companies have never standardized on much of anything.