No doubt. But, how can you hold it back! It's fun to drive and comfortable. Can you ask much more other than trying to get somewhere faster?
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Has there been any hints or rumors of Lucid implementing a proper lifetime accounting of efficiency and charging data?
It dawns on me that most people's (including mine) "lifetime" efficiency postings are based on the trip data, which seems to ignore at least some forms of power output (ie, when when you reset a trip meter the same moment you stop charging or unplug) the trip efficiency always shows higher than the "since last charge" calculations.
For me, it makes me not necessarily trust my mental calculations of how much range I'll realistically get from a particular charge on long trip or on a day where I have unexpected driving.
Obviously I can't base it on the EPA estimates, which I've never even come close to hitting, but I don't feel like I can really trust my lifetime trip meter that shows 3.22m/kWh because that doesn't seem to take into account A/C or other various aspects of per usage over the long term.
Even the since last charge says seems to be wildly inaccurate until I've driven at least 10 miles or so, as if the initial calculations after unplugging don't always start at the same baseline. For example, I work from home but make same short (~5 mile) round trips to lunch and back several times a week. On days with similar temperature, weather, traffic patterns, and diving style on my part, one days I'll get home with it showing 2.5-ish m/kWh, and other days I'll get home with it showing 3.8m/kWh.
As a result, I have to try to remember the rough efficiency only from after I've driven longer between charges, which I guestimate to be around 2.8ish.
I more cynical part of my brain wonders if that's one of the reasons a Lucid hasn't implemented a proper lifetime efficiency output for the user, because it would appear significantly less efficient than just keeping one of the A/B trip-meters un-reset.
It dawns on me that most people's (including mine) "lifetime" efficiency postings are based on the trip data, which seems to ignore at least some forms of power output (ie, when when you reset a trip meter the same moment you stop charging or unplug) the trip efficiency always shows higher than the "since last charge" calculations.
For me, it makes me not necessarily trust my mental calculations of how much range I'll realistically get from a particular charge on long trip or on a day where I have unexpected driving.
Obviously I can't base it on the EPA estimates, which I've never even come close to hitting, but I don't feel like I can really trust my lifetime trip meter that shows 3.22m/kWh because that doesn't seem to take into account A/C or other various aspects of per usage over the long term.
Even the since last charge says seems to be wildly inaccurate until I've driven at least 10 miles or so, as if the initial calculations after unplugging don't always start at the same baseline. For example, I work from home but make same short (~5 mile) round trips to lunch and back several times a week. On days with similar temperature, weather, traffic patterns, and diving style on my part, one days I'll get home with it showing 2.5-ish m/kWh, and other days I'll get home with it showing 3.8m/kWh.
As a result, I have to try to remember the rough efficiency only from after I've driven longer between charges, which I guestimate to be around 2.8ish.
I more cynical part of my brain wonders if that's one of the reasons a Lucid hasn't implemented a proper lifetime efficiency output for the user, because it would appear significantly less efficient than just keeping one of the A/B trip-meters un-reset.
