Hey Forum. First post here!
San Diego area resident. Bought my Touring over new years so it's been about a 2 month journey so far. This is my 2nd EV experience with the other being a Kia EV6. I wanted something with a longer range which brought me to the Lucid family.
First few days were a little rocky as my vehicle came with the hood misaligned so the first time I opened the hood it caught the plastic logo bar and snapped the hooks that kept it in place. Car immediately had to go in for service and get the hood aligned properly and replace the damaged part.
Aside from that early negative experience the driving performance of the car has been fantastic and what has kept me happy for the most part.
There are a lot of things I would improve/change about the vehicle performance but ultimately I wanted a car I'd love driving so this is definitely the big win here.
Changes and improvements I'm hoping to see (currently on software 2.6.2):
Key fob performance: key fob is laggy, slow, and has poor range. If I don't have to press buttons multiple times before the vehicle responds it's atypical for sure.
Charging the vehicle with the app: overall once Charging is initiated things are great. However, the entire vehicle asleep/awake duality is rather annoying. Most other EVs start Charging when power is being delivered...NOT THIS ONE. If power is being sent the car should charge, the vehicle shouldn't have to be awakened etc. Scheduled Charging doesn't wake the vehicle up and you can't schedule the vehicle to wake up at a set time through the app, so you have to manually wake the vehicle up when you want to ensure a charge. I'm using the 3rd party scheduled app launcher method which gets the job done but is frankly a bit ridiculous.
User interface/RADIO: 1st, the radio volume is the lowest I've ever seen on any vehicle. Even at MAX VOLUME the speakers aren't very loud at all. It's a disappointment for sure if you like loud music. 2nd, there's no satellite radio, only streaming. I'm in my 3 month free trial period and the satellite radio is totally hit or miss. Several times already I've had it stuck on signal searching or no sat radio at all just dead. I do not drive or live in rural areas so this is unfortunate. I would not buy a satellite radio subscription with this car for that reason. 3rd, Bluetooth calling is spotty too. Sometimes the calls work fine, other times audio cuts off after a few seconds and I can't hear the other party even though they can hear me. Some people report poor audio quality from my end even though I can hear them clearly. I'm not sure yet if this is a car issue mainly or a cell issue. I've heard the reset method proposed as well as re-pairing my phone etc. So we will see if this issue persists.
Any thoughts or insights on my user experience so far is welcomed. Pleasure to meet everyone here! Thanks!!
San Diego area resident. Bought my Touring over new years so it's been about a 2 month journey so far. This is my 2nd EV experience with the other being a Kia EV6. I wanted something with a longer range which brought me to the Lucid family.
First few days were a little rocky as my vehicle came with the hood misaligned so the first time I opened the hood it caught the plastic logo bar and snapped the hooks that kept it in place. Car immediately had to go in for service and get the hood aligned properly and replace the damaged part.
Aside from that early negative experience the driving performance of the car has been fantastic and what has kept me happy for the most part.
There are a lot of things I would improve/change about the vehicle performance but ultimately I wanted a car I'd love driving so this is definitely the big win here.
Changes and improvements I'm hoping to see (currently on software 2.6.2):
Key fob performance: key fob is laggy, slow, and has poor range. If I don't have to press buttons multiple times before the vehicle responds it's atypical for sure.
Charging the vehicle with the app: overall once Charging is initiated things are great. However, the entire vehicle asleep/awake duality is rather annoying. Most other EVs start Charging when power is being delivered...NOT THIS ONE. If power is being sent the car should charge, the vehicle shouldn't have to be awakened etc. Scheduled Charging doesn't wake the vehicle up and you can't schedule the vehicle to wake up at a set time through the app, so you have to manually wake the vehicle up when you want to ensure a charge. I'm using the 3rd party scheduled app launcher method which gets the job done but is frankly a bit ridiculous.
User interface/RADIO: 1st, the radio volume is the lowest I've ever seen on any vehicle. Even at MAX VOLUME the speakers aren't very loud at all. It's a disappointment for sure if you like loud music. 2nd, there's no satellite radio, only streaming. I'm in my 3 month free trial period and the satellite radio is totally hit or miss. Several times already I've had it stuck on signal searching or no sat radio at all just dead. I do not drive or live in rural areas so this is unfortunate. I would not buy a satellite radio subscription with this car for that reason. 3rd, Bluetooth calling is spotty too. Sometimes the calls work fine, other times audio cuts off after a few seconds and I can't hear the other party even though they can hear me. Some people report poor audio quality from my end even though I can hear them clearly. I'm not sure yet if this is a car issue mainly or a cell issue. I've heard the reset method proposed as well as re-pairing my phone etc. So we will see if this issue persists.
Any thoughts or insights on my user experience so far is welcomed. Pleasure to meet everyone here! Thanks!!
