Jay almost seemed a little reserved.
Lucid should of give Jay DE to test drive few months to get real world out from Jay vs just doing short interview and test drive.I was looking forward to this piece but was kind of disappointment. He really seemed indifferent to the process and it seemed crazy superficial. I would've expected a stronger reaction positive or negative.
Knowing all the software issues, they probably didn't want him to focus on the software.Jay almost seemed a little reserved. Maybe it’s my imagination but perhaps he did not want to upset the big dog Elon. I wish they would have dwelled more on the dash or sat in the back, two big selling features.
Wow, Leno is really looking/sounding old these days. When I worked at NBC in the 1990's I used to check his parking spot every afternoon to see which of his vintage cars he had picked up from his warehouse to drive in to work, and then I would sometimes go into the studio to watch his walk-through of his planned monologue or, more often, go back to my office to watch it on the greenroom feed.
Interesting tidbit Rawlinson revealed about the glass canopy being sourced from Japan. I had read somewhere that Lucid uses Gorilla Glass from Corning, but it seems that Japan (along with Taiwan and the U.S.) is one of the places where Corning produces Gorilla Glass.
Also interesting tidbit that the Lucid is geared for 205 mph at 20,000 rpm.
"Drag Times" also just posted a video of their first test of the Lucid Air. The car didn't quite hit the numbers Lucid claims, but it was a cold day on an unprepared track surface, and they think the car would do better in optimum testing conditions. The Leno video highlighted that the car is really engineered and geared more for punch in high-speed maneuvers than for low-end oomph. In comparing the acceleration characteristics of our Model S Plaid to our Lucid Air Dream Performance, I find that to be the case. The Plaid has more kick off the line, but the Lucid really comes on from speed, even more than the Plaid. Bottom line: neither car will disappoint at either end. They are both beasts . . . but the Lucid handles better in all conditions.
Re glass canopy: I believe what Rawlinson actually said was that the glass cockpit was sourced from Japan, meaning the 34-inch display . . . .
Correct, he was referring to the 34” display, not the glass canopy. They certainly steered clear of any software demos.Re glass canopy: I believe what Rawlinson actually said was that the glass cockpit was sourced from Japan, meaning the 34-inch display (https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/lucid-air-lucid-ux-tech-34-inch-glass-cockpit/)
The vibe of this video just seemed off to me. Jay just seemed indifferent. The ride in the car was just awkward, you’ve got Peter being all passionate about everything and Jay just “yeah”. Was like 2 enemies in a car being forced to be friends.
Not sure why Peter needed to go along for the ride as it might be why Jay didn’t really say much. Like when he said he didn’t really care for 0-60 but I’m sure I’ve seen a video of him in the Tesla enjoying it.
If I was Lucid I wouldn’t be overly happy with this video. It was just kind of “meh”
That's the general vibe in many of Jay's videos. He regularly expresses his preference of simpler cars that aren't too complex and have just what you need to enjoy driving. Not necessarily a bad thing.I haven't watched that many of the Jay Leno car videos, but he usually seems pretty jaded to me particularly with modern cars.
Why would they want or need Leno’s feedback? I can see using Leno for some free PR, but shouldn’t they be going back to owners for feedback? There sure is enough of that right here to keep them busy for quite some time.