It's probably just a protective film...but go ahead an assume some crazy shit
Well, first of all, I'm in India right now, so that's not possible. Secondly, what part of my post was not "nice?" Is pointing out that something (a literal car) looks bad to me now considered unkind? Fantastic. Try not to make huge assumptions without meeting me, will you?
Well, it is shown very clearly in this picture, but as @hydbob said it could be some protective film. I'm curious why it was only left on that part of the car, though.
Keep in mind these RCs, especially the first one off the line, exist to test the manufacturing line. I doubt those platinum cantrails are there to stay, that looks to me like they hadn't gotten the stealth cantrail process to spec yet and just put on what they had. They're testing the painting process here too. Maybe those panels just didn't come out quite right. Maybe they just don't have a topcoat yet. Who knows. Not worth guessing from the first car off the line.
I was told by a Lucid employee at the most recent CA rally that rear-wheel steering is definitely a thing. And that it’s amazing. Didn’t think to ask if it’s part of every trim, though. Maybe only for higher-end vehicles? The employee didn’t offer that detail.
Well, we do know that the tri-chamber suspension is needed in order to equip RWS on the Gravity. With that in mind, I would make an uneducated guess that the “Pure” does not have it as an option, the Touring and GT have it as an option, and the DE has it standard.
This is by far the most important question for us. The Air lacks in rear-seat “features” relative to some other cars, some of these being rear ventilated seats (a huge omission, IMO), power seats with a large amount of functions, ottomans, etc. I am hoping that the executive chair option launches in Gravity and has all these features, as based on what we’ve seen so far, the “normal” configuration lacks them. In fact, if a Gravity were to release with a 4 seater option (with the second row seats being moved even further back, almost like a Maybach), it would probably be our preferred option. The third row is of relative unimportance to us.
Lucid did state that the charge port will be NACS and it will ship with an adapter. I am assuming that it is 1000V capable NACS and so the charging speed should be similar to Air on CCS.
I had also assumed this, but one thing I spotted in the video is that the charger is in the same, “old” location instead of being changed to the rear fender as previously rumored for the NACS Gravity. Coupled with the 2025 Air not having NACS (despite the common assumption that all 2025 Lucids would have NACS), I’m doubting whether the Gravity will launch with it or CCS. Personally, at this point, it’s a toss up between which charger is better (mainly due to what happened with the SC team). I wonder what the results would be if we were to make a poll asking which charging standard is preferred.
We were told in very certain terms at the CA rally last week that Gravity ships with NACS. We can put this one to rest.I had also assumed this, but one thing I spotted in the video is that the charger is in the same, “old” location instead of being changed to the rear fender as previously rumored for the NACS Gravity. Coupled with the 2025 Air not having NACS (despite the common assumption that all 2025 Lucids would have NACS), I’m doubting whether the Gravity will launch with it or CCS. Personally, at this point, it’s a toss up between which charger is better (mainly due to what happened with the SC team). I wonder what the results would be if we were to make a poll asking which charging standard is preferred.
Or perhaps I’m overthinking it and this is just a result of it being a RC… yeah, that’s probably the case.
