Road to Gravity Episode 15 - Proving Grounds Final Validation

[Adnillien]

And just out of curiosity:
I attempted to quickly try to figure out what proving ground they were in, but didn’t find an easy match. I assumed AZ based upon the Saguaro cactus in the background and that it looked like the Sonoran Desert.
Has anyone figured that out?

There are two test tracks very close to the factory in Casa Grande. One is VW and one is Toyota. I am not sure which one Lucid used but it is very likely one of those two.

 

[hmp10]

That profile is just perfect...looks like an RS6-Avant and Q7 had a baby.

I had a black-on-black 2003 S6 Avant. Who said a station wagon can't be sexy?

Anyone who thinks the Gravity looks like a minivan will think again once they see it in the flesh. Photographs don't capture it well, but It is a sleek vehicle on any terms and something really astonishing for a vehicle with its interior volume.

 

[hmp10]

Today Lucid removed the placeholder for "Episode 15: Final Validation" from its website. So this wasn't a matter of a quick-fix edit before putting the video back up; it suggests something more fundamental going on.

Even if the Gravity release is being delayed, nothing in the video specifically referred to a release, order, or delivery date. So I'm really wondering what's going on here.

 

[JB67]

The only date given was that they did the, what I will call, “leadership drives” in September, but that probably isn’t anything earth shattering.

 

[charleyscott]

So speaking of fine tooth combs……in my efforts to try to estimate how much headroom the Gravity will have, I noticed that when the narration was referring to the Gravity having three rows, the video editor accidentally had shots of a Rivian R1S in the frame. See time stamp 1:25 and a second or two after. You can tell by the yellow/orange inserts in the side of the head restraints. I am guessing a mis-communication between the audio and video editor.

I originally spotted this in the Youtube video so I was surprised to hear it had been taken down on Youtube.

It happens at 1:51, too. And, unfortunately, the accompanying voiceover at that moment is talking about how Gravity is "broadening the attribute diagram of this class of vehicle"---while a Rivian is being shown. Of course they have to go back and fix this.

 

[hmp10]

It happens at 1:51, too. And, unfortunately, the accompanying voiceover at that moment is talking about how Gravity is "broadening the attribute diagram of this class of vehicle"---while a Rivian is being shown. Of course they have to go back and fix this.

The video opens by showing the Lucid test team walking along the line of other SUVs to which they were comparing the Lucid's attributes in their validation testing. Thus I did not find it surprising that the Lucid test crew was shown in those other vehicles as well. The whole point seemed to be that Lucid was not assessing the Gravity in a vacuum but in relation to its competition.

 

[Joe]

Looks like a new video was just uploaded on this. Anyone spot the difference?

 

[LucidfanAZ]

Maybe they posted this video out of order but decided to repost since it racked up so many views? The title would imply the launch to be imminent.

 

[JB67]

@charleyscott they removed both instances of the Rivian interior.

 

[joec]

Yep. Looks like they just didn't want any images of competitors in there. Makes sense.

 

[charleyscott]

@charleyscott they removed both instances of the Rivian interior.

Good catch by you earlier in this thread!

Glad we can put to rest the theory that pulling the video was evidence of an undisclosed delay in production….

 

[hmp10]

Good catch by you earlier in this thread!

It was a good catch, and apparently the correct one.

Yep. Looks like they just didn't want any images of competitors in there. Makes sense.

They still left the opening shot of the SUV's (including the Rivian R1S) against which they were validating the Gravity's "attributes" in the video. It was obvious the team was going to be driving all of them for comparison. So what was the big deal about a couple of shots showing the team actually sitting in one of them?

 

[joec]

It was a good catch, and apparently the correct one.



They still left the opening shot of the SUV's (including the Rivian R1S) against which they were validating the Gravity's "attributes" in the video. It was obvious the team was going to be driving all of them for comparison. So what was the big deal about a couple of shots showing the team actually sitting in one of them?

I'm sure the legal department could explain it better than I could.

 

[hmp10]

I'm sure the legal department could explain it better than I could.

Well, I'm batting 0 for 2 with my guesses the past few days, but I have to say that would be one very cautious legal decision, as the SUV's which Lucid concluded were inferior to the Gravity were still shown in the video.

 

[hmp10]

Uh, oh. Make that 0 for 3 with my guesses. I thought the "Final Validation" Road-to-Gravity video was the big drum roll before the opening of orders. But Lucid just put up Episode 16 -- "Preparing the Factory: Powertrain". This could go on for a while. (That's guess No. 4, BTW.)

Road to Lucid Gravity | Lucid Motors

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[NoseyReporter]

Uh, oh. Make that 0 for 3 with my guesses. I thought the "Final Validation" Road-to-Gravity video was the big drum roll before the opening of orders. But Lucid just put up Episode 16 -- "Preparing the Factory: Powertrain". This could go on for a while. (That's guess No. 4, BTW.)

Road to Lucid Gravity | Lucid Motors

lucidmotors.com

Let's start guessing what the topic of the next video will be.

 

[hmp10]

Let's start guessing what the topic of the next video will be.

Not me. I'm giving up on this one.

 

[borski]

Let's start guessing what the topic of the next video will be.

Episode 17 -- "Preparing the Launch: Keeping @hmp10 Confused, Bewildered, and Salivating"
Episode 18 -- "Preparing the Launch: Not Quite, Almost, but Maybe"
Episode 19 -- "Preparing the Launch: Ooh, Close One... but Nope, Just More Robustness"

 

[segbrk]

Lucid likes their cute numbers, so buckle in for "at least" 440 episodes of Road to Gravity! What's that, about one episode a month? So only 36 years left!

 

[Adnillien]

There are two test tracks very close to the factory in Casa Grande. One is VW and one is Toyota. I am not sure which one Lucid used but it is very likely one of those two.

I need to correct this. The two closest proving grounds are Nissan and VW, the Toyota proving ground is near Wittmann AZ, about an hour northwest of Phoenix. The mountains in the background of video look much more like the Wittmann area than the Casa Grande and Maricopa area. In addition the Toyota site has what is called the Arizona Mobility Test Center for off road performance testing.