On a Thanksgiving weekend round trip from NJ to Indy, I had a chance to give the software update a good test run. Highway Assist is significantly improved. I did notice that it had trouble staying centered when passing an entrance onto the freeway marked by dotted lines. It did seem to maintain centeredness in curves better of Insid not have my hand on the wheel. It could be further refined for a yet smoother experience.
The Lucid nav app dependably set charging points for me and the estimates of % charge left were within 1-2% every time.
I did quite a bit of nighttime driving with stops and after each stop had to remember to reset the auto-dim feature. I searched the manual and could not find instructions to make auto-dim a default. Did I miss something?
This car is way too much fun driving! Usually after a 400 mile trip I am worn out. Not so with the Lucid.
My EA experience was mostly positive. However an annoyance is that EA chargers consistently failed to accept Lucid payment on the first try. Usually it took 3-4 tries (the longest of which was in a cold driving rain). My rate of charging was extremely good in all but 2 instances where it was machine limited. With each I was able to shift to a different one with a high rate of charge.
I learned the impact of cold temps on range. On my way out. I charged up enough according to the app to make it to Indy from my overnight stop. The temperature was in the high 30’s. The next morning it was in the high 20’s and I found I now did not have enough charge and I had to return to the charging station. I was on my way to a funeral to eulogize a friend. The extra 30 minutes charging to get me to Indy meant I arrived about 10 minutes late rather than 20 minutes early. Also, because of the time constraint I charged the minimum needed to get there. I knew there was a charging station six miles from the church. When I arrived there after the service I had 6% charge left. Lesson reinforced: know how far the next station for recharging is from the final destination and make sure you have enough electrons to get there.
Looking forward to the next road trip which will be after Christmas to see family in GA.
The Lucid nav app dependably set charging points for me and the estimates of % charge left were within 1-2% every time.
I did quite a bit of nighttime driving with stops and after each stop had to remember to reset the auto-dim feature. I searched the manual and could not find instructions to make auto-dim a default. Did I miss something?
This car is way too much fun driving! Usually after a 400 mile trip I am worn out. Not so with the Lucid.
My EA experience was mostly positive. However an annoyance is that EA chargers consistently failed to accept Lucid payment on the first try. Usually it took 3-4 tries (the longest of which was in a cold driving rain). My rate of charging was extremely good in all but 2 instances where it was machine limited. With each I was able to shift to a different one with a high rate of charge.
I learned the impact of cold temps on range. On my way out. I charged up enough according to the app to make it to Indy from my overnight stop. The temperature was in the high 30’s. The next morning it was in the high 20’s and I found I now did not have enough charge and I had to return to the charging station. I was on my way to a funeral to eulogize a friend. The extra 30 minutes charging to get me to Indy meant I arrived about 10 minutes late rather than 20 minutes early. Also, because of the time constraint I charged the minimum needed to get there. I knew there was a charging station six miles from the church. When I arrived there after the service I had 6% charge left. Lesson reinforced: know how far the next station for recharging is from the final destination and make sure you have enough electrons to get there.
Looking forward to the next road trip which will be after Christmas to see family in GA.
That feature was there since beginning of UX2.0. 
