Some odds and ends

[Neurio]

Pics of the wheels close up with aero caps on and off

I kind of like it better with the caps on, but a bright red brake caliper could make a big difference with the caps off, I think.

Thanks for all the updates, hydbob. Keep em coming. They're manna for the hungry.

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

Thanks for all this detail and great pictures. I am curious if wireless Carplay is active or will that come with a future OTA software update?

I'm sure it's not a hardware or software issue but licensing

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

I kind of like it better with the caps on, but a bright red brake caliper could make a big difference with the caps off, I think.

Thanks for all the updates, hydbob. Keep em coming. They're manna for the hungry.

Now, red calipers with Zenith Red...

 

[hydbob]

Some pics with the back seats folded down

 

[Alex]

Some pics with the back seats folded down

That’s nice that they fold down. I was under the impression they did not fold (One of the questions they could not answer)

 

[Ormond]

Some pics with the back seats folded down

Who’s been sleeping there?

 

[hydbob]

Hah, added a folding table for reference. 4 ft folding table

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

Some pics with the back seats folded down

Wait, back seats fold down??? What the what?

 

[Lucken]

I’m not sure why this surprises anyone. I can’t remember the last car I had where the back seats didn’t fold down.

 

[Sandvinsd]

I’m not sure why this surprises anyone. I can’t remember the last car I had where the back seats didn’t fold down.

Me either. This has been in pictures of the Air for a year. They had the seats folded down and proudly stated they could put a surfboard in it with the picture to boot

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

I’m not sure why this surprises anyone. I can’t remember the last car I had where the back seats didn’t fold down.

I haven't owned a sedan since 1995

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

Me either. This has been in pictures of the Air for a year. They had the seats folded down and proudly stated they could put a surfboard in it with the picture to boot

I honestly forgot about that.

 

[Lucken]

I haven't owned a sedan since 1995

But SUVs fold down too. My Jaguar I-Pace, Audi e-Tron and many others do the same thing.

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

But SUVs fold down too. My Jaguar I-Pace, Audi e-Tron and many others do the same thing.

Exactly, that's where I'd expect it. I'm old enough to remember before this was a thing...

 

[Lucken]

I can see, as you say, you haven’t bought a new sedan in quite awhile. My wife’s last 3 Lexus had it as does her current Sonata hybrid. It’s very unusual to find any vehicle, sedan or SUV that doesn’t have fold down rear seats these days.

 

[hmp10]

I’m not sure why this surprises anyone. I can’t remember the last car I had where the back seats didn’t fold down.

It actually did surprise me when I heard about this feature some time ago. The reason was that Lucid said in several interviews that there were two reasons for using a trunk rather than a hatchback design: structural rigidity and better isolation of road noise. In these interviews Lucid said that no matter how good the sealing around hatchback lids, it is still a source of noise getting into the cabin. From this I had assumed that there would be a solid wall between the trunk space and the cabin in order to isolate trunk resonances.

I'm wondering if these folding seats might not be a source of the unexpected amount of tire noise that several reviewers (InsideEVs, Out of Spec Motoring, and Transport Evolved) have noted in the rear seat.

My 2015 Tesla Model S with the Executive Rear Seating option did not have folding backseats, although the rest of the Model S lineup did.

 

[hydbob]

Here's another interesting part of the trunk. The side storage passes through to the bottom of the trunk.

 

[Lucken]

It actually did surprise me when I heard about this feature some time ago. The reason was that Lucid said in several interviews that there were two reasons for using a trunk rather than a hatchback design: structural rigidity and better isolation of road noise. In these interviews Lucid said that no matter how good the sealing around hatchback lids, it is still a source of noise getting into the cabin. From this I had assumed that there would be a solid wall between the trunk space and the cabin in order to isolate trunk resonances.

I'm wondering if these folding seats might not be a source of the unexpected amount of tire noise that several reviewers (InsideEVs, Out of Spec Motoring, and Transport Evolved) have noted in the rear seat.

My 2015 Tesla Model S with the Executive Rear Seating option did not have folding backseats, although the rest of the Model S lineup did.

Now that's interesting. You may have hit upon the source of noise in the rear! It makes absolute sense...which is probably why it's actually not the source.

 

[manitou202]

Here's another interesting part of the trunk. The side storage passes through to the bottom of the trunk.

If you have a chance, could you measure the width of the trunk? It potentially looks wide enough to fit shorter skis.

 

[dawktah LucidGT]

It actually did surprise me when I heard about this feature some time ago. The reason was that Lucid said in several interviews that there were two reasons for using a trunk rather than a hatchback design: structural rigidity and better isolation of road noise. In these interviews Lucid said that no matter how good the sealing around hatchback lids, it is still a source of noise getting into the cabin. From this I had assumed that there would be a solid wall between the trunk space and the cabin in order to isolate trunk resonances.

I'm wondering if these folding seats might not be a source of the unexpected amount of tire noise that several reviewers (InsideEVs, Out of Spec Motoring, and Transport Evolved) have noted in the rear seat.

My 2015 Tesla Model S with the Executive Rear Seating option did not have folding backseats, although the rest of the Model S lineup did.

One quick way to find out is fill entire trunk with blankets. If it gets much quieter...