19" Fathom Blue, Alcantara, Purluxe, DreamDrive Pro, Surround Sound Pro
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Brief background:
I've owned the Pure for two weeks today. It's a pleasure and privilege to be one of the first Pure owners. As such I want to at least provide some reviews for the others whether they are just curious, waiting for one, on the fence deciding which car or trim to get, or just randomly reading around.
The Lucid Air is my second car and do not have much experience with luxury cars. I've test driven a GT, have seen all the exterior colors in person, and been inside Tahoe, Santa Cruz, and Mojave leather interiors. I initially finalized a white Touring with glass roof and Santa Cruz interior but downgraded to Pure due to financial reasons. I'm not sponsored or paid for by anyone or any company.
Initial quality check:
I went through the new owner checklist provided here in the forums. I have not encountered any issues except a slightly misaligned trunk. There's a larger gap on the driver side vs passenger side.
Current issues:
1) Trunk. I left it open for a long time when I was applying ceramic spray coating. I had to manually close it and since then I've have issues occur once in a while including the fob not closing the trunk, trunk closing halfway through, trunk button not working, trunk not fully closing so I have to apply some pressure to close it. One time since it was showing as open in the system I tried to lift it, only for the trunk to fully close instead! My finger almost got caught and that would've been painful!
2) Frunk. After my most recent fast charging, the frunk showed open and after repeated opening and closing it still kept showing open. I called Lucid support and they said to press the area above the L and D of the LUCID logo. Finally worked after a few tries. Have not happened since then.
3) This happened twice already when I did a 3-point U turn. I had to be quick to avoid incoming traffic and not hold off other people. I likely forgot to press brakes when switching from Drive to Reverse and it caused the system to ask me for PIN to continue driving but the menu is not immediately available so I end up panicking trying to reverse or drive and also finding how to go the the PIN screen.
Main concerns:
1) Significantly lower than expected mi/kwh. Had a trip to Napa with about 60-65miles on the freeway driving ~81-83mph average. Got 2.9mi/kwh on that. Went up to about 3.3mi/kwh after spending 20mi+ on a highway driving around 50-65mph. Weather was not that cold at ~50F , slightly damp road, and very minor hills on the highway. Slightly higher on the return trip at 3.4mi/kwh due to slower traffic. Climate controls are turned off. Note that the 410 mile range is based off ~4.5mi/kwh. I'm at approximately 75% of that just for that trip.
2) Poor visibility under rain (discussed more below).
Pictures here
Brief background:
I've owned the Pure for two weeks today. It's a pleasure and privilege to be one of the first Pure owners. As such I want to at least provide some reviews for the others whether they are just curious, waiting for one, on the fence deciding which car or trim to get, or just randomly reading around.
The Lucid Air is my second car and do not have much experience with luxury cars. I've test driven a GT, have seen all the exterior colors in person, and been inside Tahoe, Santa Cruz, and Mojave leather interiors. I initially finalized a white Touring with glass roof and Santa Cruz interior but downgraded to Pure due to financial reasons. I'm not sponsored or paid for by anyone or any company.
Initial quality check:
I went through the new owner checklist provided here in the forums. I have not encountered any issues except a slightly misaligned trunk. There's a larger gap on the driver side vs passenger side.
Current issues:
1) Trunk. I left it open for a long time when I was applying ceramic spray coating. I had to manually close it and since then I've have issues occur once in a while including the fob not closing the trunk, trunk closing halfway through, trunk button not working, trunk not fully closing so I have to apply some pressure to close it. One time since it was showing as open in the system I tried to lift it, only for the trunk to fully close instead! My finger almost got caught and that would've been painful!
2) Frunk. After my most recent fast charging, the frunk showed open and after repeated opening and closing it still kept showing open. I called Lucid support and they said to press the area above the L and D of the LUCID logo. Finally worked after a few tries. Have not happened since then.
3) This happened twice already when I did a 3-point U turn. I had to be quick to avoid incoming traffic and not hold off other people. I likely forgot to press brakes when switching from Drive to Reverse and it caused the system to ask me for PIN to continue driving but the menu is not immediately available so I end up panicking trying to reverse or drive and also finding how to go the the PIN screen.
Main concerns:
1) Significantly lower than expected mi/kwh. Had a trip to Napa with about 60-65miles on the freeway driving ~81-83mph average. Got 2.9mi/kwh on that. Went up to about 3.3mi/kwh after spending 20mi+ on a highway driving around 50-65mph. Weather was not that cold at ~50F , slightly damp road, and very minor hills on the highway. Slightly higher on the return trip at 3.4mi/kwh due to slower traffic. Climate controls are turned off. Note that the 410 mile range is based off ~4.5mi/kwh. I'm at approximately 75% of that just for that trip.
2) Poor visibility under rain (discussed more below).
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