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Tire noise transmission into the cabin depends on the type of pavement more than the condition of the roadway. In her first video, Nikki commented that they were riding along the same road she had traveled in her Chevy Bolt to get to the test departure point. She said the Air was smoothly soaking up irregularities that had pounded her a bit in the Bolt. A smooth asphalt road with a lot of potholes is very different from a pebbly gravel and tar road with an unbroken surface in terms of tire noise.
By the time you have to confirm your order there will have been a lot more test drives reported out by major automotive journals, and a rough consensus may begin to emerge about the NVH characteristics of the car. You have to remember that, other than Jonny Lieberman of "Motor Trend" who had the car for two days on a variety of roads, no one outside of Lucid has driven the car more than a few minutes for a few miles. And here's what Lieberman had to say:
"The 2022 Lcid Air is quiet, comfortable, and luxurious . . . . There's a bit of wind noise, but it's not bad by any stretch of the imagination. We were on a smooth road, and tire noise was minimal. It's worth noting the Air was fitted with different wheels and tires on different days. On Angeles Crest [a less-than-ideal surface by my recollection from living in L.A.], the cars were on 21-inch wheels wrapped in Lucid-spec Pirelli P Zeros . . . . For the road trip, the car sat on 19s wearing Lucid-spec low rolling resistance all-season P Zeros . . . ."
So -- driving on both 19" and 21" wheels, on both summer-rated and all-season tires, on L.A. and San Francisco city streets as well as Angeles Crest Highway blacktop and a concrete interstate, and at different speeds including highway speeds, the only mention of tire noise was that it was "minimal". In fact, wind noise was noted as more than tire noise.
If all I had to go on was what Lieberman said versus what Conner said, I would have to go with Lieberman, who drove the car over a vastly wider array of conditions, surfaces, distances, and equipment than Conner's 15 minutes on two desert roads.
By the time you have to confirm your order there will have been a lot more test drives reported out by major automotive journals, and a rough consensus may begin to emerge about the NVH characteristics of the car. You have to remember that, other than Jonny Lieberman of "Motor Trend" who had the car for two days on a variety of roads, no one outside of Lucid has driven the car more than a few minutes for a few miles. And here's what Lieberman had to say:
"The 2022 Lcid Air is quiet, comfortable, and luxurious . . . . There's a bit of wind noise, but it's not bad by any stretch of the imagination. We were on a smooth road, and tire noise was minimal. It's worth noting the Air was fitted with different wheels and tires on different days. On Angeles Crest [a less-than-ideal surface by my recollection from living in L.A.], the cars were on 21-inch wheels wrapped in Lucid-spec Pirelli P Zeros . . . . For the road trip, the car sat on 19s wearing Lucid-spec low rolling resistance all-season P Zeros . . . ."
So -- driving on both 19" and 21" wheels, on both summer-rated and all-season tires, on L.A. and San Francisco city streets as well as Angeles Crest Highway blacktop and a concrete interstate, and at different speeds including highway speeds, the only mention of tire noise was that it was "minimal". In fact, wind noise was noted as more than tire noise.
If all I had to go on was what Lieberman said versus what Conner said, I would have to go with Lieberman, who drove the car over a vastly wider array of conditions, surfaces, distances, and equipment than Conner's 15 minutes on two desert roads.
