Gravity owner review on reddit, great car awful software -(lather, rinse and repeat same mistakes as the Air)

[par11768]

From a Gravity owner on reddit -

Gravity Initial Impression (A few days in)​

Lucid Motors


I took delivery of my Gravity on Friday night, so I'm a few days in. One of their folks is going to take me through a "virtual walkthrough" on Monday. Additionally, as this is my first EV, I have been learning a great deal over the past few days.

1. Physical Appearance: The car is stunning in person. If I had to give it a title or tagline, I would call it "Aggressive elegance" or something like that. It is very sleek-looking, but the front and side design, along with the tires, gives it an aggressive tone. It's so low to the ground, it looks like it is a lion about to pounce. My car has the medium tire option, and they look amazing. I have had 10+ people stop me and ask what it is, and they say how good it looks. The only "van" type thing is the fin over the back window.

The interior is gorgeous, as everyone has stated. The SPAVCE is crazy. I watched all the videos and read the reviews, thinking I was ready for the interior space, but it's more spacious than I had prepared myself for. My gravity is replacing my Palisade, and when you look at the side by side, the Palisade looks so much bigger, but it's not (Not even close).

2. Driving Experience: Amazing, as everyone has said. I don't feel I can offer anyone much insight here, as this is my first EV, but it's certainly not comparable to the driving experience of the Palisade. So quiet, so smooth, and assertive when I ask the car to go.

3. Software/Technology: Let's not beat around the bush here. The software is not in a good state. I have had to reboot the system twice already manually.

• 3rd-Party Apps Not Working: Even small things like Spotify aren't working. When I got the car on Friday, I had the option to sign into Spotify, which I did; the system then confirmed that I had successfully logged in. When I go to the music area & select Spotify, it says Please sign in. After a reboot, I got it working, but then about 2 hours later, it stopped working again. Then, when I logged in this morning, Spotify was gone, as well as all third-party apps.
• Dream Drive Pro doesn't work: It doesn't keep you in lane, it doesn't change lanes, etc. (I went on the turnpike to test.
• Hey, Lucid doesn't work: It pings like it knows you called it, but then nothing happens.
• Numerous UX bugs and discrepancies: For example, even though the car is set to miles, some sub-menus will still appear in kilometers. The visual representation of the Gravity in the menus changes. Sometimes it is white, other times it is black, etc, but it does not represent my selections (as you saw, I have seen in some of the test drive videos).
• Missing features & items: In the "relax" area. When you see the reviews or test drives on YouTube, they typically have three visuals. On my car, there is only 1. No Apple or Android carplay. etc.

Navigation can be a bit wonky as well. I expected some of this, being an early adopter, but it's more than I expected and somewhat disappointing. I hope this is helpful to folks, and if you have any specific questions, let me know. (I have attached some photos, one was sent to me by the Lucid rep of my car leaving the store, others are it being delivered in the massive truck, and then a close-up of the back fin)

 

[HC_79]

I love how one person writes a quick review when a number of items they list as not working are clearly false and you along with many others just jump to conclusions. This is everything that is wrong with social media. People no longer do their own due diligence and just take what one random person that they don't even know writes as gospel.

 

[coma24]

The last person who said DDPro wasn't working didn't have it engaged. That became clear after asking them to post a photo of their dash with it fully engaged. The only thing keeping them alive was the lane departure system. No wonder is pinging back and forth like a....big....pinging back and forth thing.

 

[joec]

I love how one person writes a quick review when a number of items they list as not working are clearly false and you along with many others just jump to conclusions. This is everything that is wrong with social media. People no longer do their own due diligence and just take what one random person that they don't even know writes as gospel.

Step one: Have opinion that is based on nothing but "Vibes"
Step two: Find anyone on the internet who agrees with your pre-conceived opinion. Anyone will do. Doesn't matter if they provide facts or anything to back themselves up.
Step three: Your vibe is now fact. Do not, under any circumstances, change your mind, no matter what anyone else says from that point forward.

This is called "Doing your own research." And it's how the world is run now, apparently.