QUESTION [Poll] Will you keep your order without HUD?

[gladtbx]

HUD or not, it is a question.

 

[CraZ8]

Since my color ( supernova bronze) is not available till fall it would appear my order will be delayed long enough for HUD to be available again. I suppose that will make my Gravity a 2026 but my Air will depreciate and be worth less. I’m just ticked that I won’t have the Gravity for all my summer trips

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

I thought HUD was a gimmick until I used it on the wife's Mazda. A transparent credit-card sized screen tips up just above the binnacle, both out of the way and in direct line of sight.

It's really nice. Not a deal-breaker, but all being equal had the edge.

 

[jered]

I thought HUD was a gimmick until I used it on the wife's Mazda. A transparent credit-card sized screen tips up just above the binnacle, both out of the way and in direct line of sight.

The pop-up displays are neat, but what Lucid is pitching is more like the MB AR-HUD. Here's a good article (with videos) that describes what that is like: https://spectrum.ieee.org/augmented-reality-car-hud

Being able to register eye position against the windshield means that actual things in your line of sight can be highlighted -- hazards, other vehicles, turn-by-turn directions. Someone in my household often misses turns when there are dense city streets and rotaries ("roundabouts" to some of you) even with voice navigation and the mini-map on the dash. Having the actual turn highlighted in front of you will be a huge difference.

I have really high hopes for this technology. As you can seen in some of the concept videos on the page above, you could literally never miss a red light or a stop sign because you'd see a virtual red barrier exactly at the stop line. Never be in the wrong lane or miss an exit. It's really cool stuff. The big challenge is integrating all the software together. It doesn't make sense to have multiple camera systems and multiple computers all doing scene analysis for different purposes (nav, ADAS, HUD), but that's the classic supply-chain model. It's much harder, however, to make the software work right so that everything runs centrally and is displayed through different output channels.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

The Lucid Air can certainly use more visibility aids. Pretty sure a closed-up tank has better visibility. I've had so many close-calls with those enormous A-pillars...

a car with good driver visibility. I gave this up for the Air. I can't see ship out of the Air.

a horsey car

 

[niceInBoston]

The pop-up displays are neat, but what Lucid is pitching is more like the MB AR-HUD. Here's a good article (with videos) that describes what that is like: https://spectrum.ieee.org/augmented-reality-car-hud

Being able to register eye position against the windshield means that actual things in your line of sight can be highlighted -- hazards, other vehicles, turn-by-turn directions. Someone in my household often misses turns when there are dense city streets and rotaries ("roundabouts" to some of you) even with voice navigation and the mini-map on the dash. Having the actual turn highlighted in front of you will be a huge difference.

I have really high hopes for this technology. As you can seen in some of the concept videos on the page above, you could literally never miss a red light or a stop sign because you'd see a virtual red barrier exactly at the stop line. Never be in the wrong lane or miss an exit. It's really cool stuff. The big challenge is integrating all the software together. It doesn't make sense to have multiple camera systems and multiple computers all doing scene analysis for different purposes (nav, ADAS, HUD), but that's the classic supply-chain model. It's much harder, however, to make the software work right so that everything runs centrally and is displayed through different output channels.

Thanks for posting this. I've been wondering what the big deal is with HUD. I usually know how fast I'm going, and when to turn (or the directions/sound system let me know).

I'm not sure if I would want it on 95% of the time when I'm driving on familiar roads. But would be nice to have for the occasional trip, or when going to a unfamiliar town on some errands or kids' soccer game.

Still trying to decide about whether HUD, or Drive Drime 2 Pro, are worth the extra spend, on an already spendy (coming from a Tesla) vehicle.

 

[iThinkEV]

I think HUD is a must on these technology showcase vehicles. Especially with OTA updates, who knows what future HUD can do? If you can wait it out, take the HUD in the fall. I went with DE for 2 reasons, HUD availability, 1070 horses, and guarantied 2025 delivery (OK 3 reasons).

-iThinkEV-

 

[blue022]

Has anyone that’s driven the Gravity with the HUD noticed extra reflections coming off of the HUD at certain sun angles? On my BMW iX, I had gotten it with the HUD, but ended up deciding that it’s more important to me that I can wear polarized sun glasses to reduced the overall dashboard/windshield reflection (which, of course, means the HUD becomes impossible to see.) I figured no big deal, I’d just turn off the HUD. However, at certain sun angles there is another sort of really distracting glare that seems to be some sort of double reflection off of the HUD glass or trim around the HUD glass. For the Gravity, I originally ordered it with the HUD because the idea of it graphics being able to track with “real stuff” was just too cool to pass up. But now, with the limited availability, it’s got me rethinking this. Looking for something to tip me one way or another on this decision.

 

[johnse]

Question is moot as I had already opted for Dream Edition prior to the announcement, but I am very much looking forward to it.

 

[Xminus6]

Has anyone that’s driven the Gravity with the HUD noticed extra reflections coming off of the HUD at certain sun angles? On my BMW iX, I had gotten it with the HUD, but ended up deciding that it’s more important to me that I can wear polarized sun glasses to reduced the overall dashboard/windshield reflection (which, of course, means the HUD becomes impossible to see.) I figured no big deal, I’d just turn off the HUD. However, at certain sun angles there is another sort of really distracting glare that seems to be some sort of double reflection off of the HUD glass or trim around the HUD glass. For the Gravity, I originally ordered it with the HUD because the idea of it graphics being able to track with “real stuff” was just too cool to pass up. But now, with the limited availability, it’s got me rethinking this. Looking for something to tip me one way or another on this decision.

I’ve driven on and didn’t notice any extra reflections. Weird thing is, in the past when I’ve seen HUDs they have their own little specific patch of material on the windshield where the display appears. The Gravity didn’t have any extra material on the windshield, even in the showroom model that had the HUD minimally active showing its Parked state.

However I didn’t wear polarized sunglasses on my test drive.

 

[Chief]

Possibly an unanswerable question right now, but I’m wondering how meaningful the HUD will be without DreamDrove Pro. I’m leasing and I don’t have a ton of faith that Pro will be delivered and polished in 3 years, so I’m planning to go with Premium. If I’m wrong, I’ll consider adding to my next car.

So, if I don’t have DreamDrive Pro, will the HUD do anything fancy? My current car has a HUD and it’s nice, but I could live without it. In full self driving I could see the lane virtualization and car trackers being helpful, but I don’t know that they’ll be there in Premium. I know that we don’t have answers, but curious about what we may or may not be missing.

 

[borski]

Possibly an unanswerable question right now, but I’m wondering how meaningful the HUD will be without DreamDrove Pro. I’m leasing and I don’t have a ton of faith that Pro will be delivered and polished in 3 years, so I’m planning to go with Premium. If I’m wrong, I’ll consider adding to my next car.

So, if I don’t have DreamDrive Pro, will the HUD do anything fancy? My current car has a HUD and it’s nice, but I could live without it. In full self driving I could see the lane virtualization and car trackers being helpful, but I don’t know that they’ll be there in Premium. I know that we don’t have answers, but curious about what we may or may not be missing.

Pro is pretty polished on Air now. It needs hands free assist but otherwise is very solid on highways now. I see no reason why Gravity wouldn’t follow suit and be only better.

“Full self driving” is not a thing that exists or that Lucid has promised; Tesla’s “full self driving” is that in name only.

But on highways, it performs very well.

 

[Chief]

Pro is pretty polished on Air now. It needs hands free assist but otherwise is very solid on highways now. I see no reason why Gravity wouldn’t follow suit and be only better.

“Full self driving” is not a thing that exists or that Lucid has promised; Tesla’s “full self driving” is that in name only.

But on highways, it performs very well.

I probably should have said “hands-free drive assist,” but good to hear that things are tending positively for the Air. I’m still not sure it’s a thing I need just yet.