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Hammerthyme said:
When the software lead was in Charlotte last month he said they had one more big update for Gravity planned this year. I'd assume that's PAAK and some other things, but not the point-to-point ADAS, yet.
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Not sure if car is ready for point to point yet, I would want to see traffic light recognition and point to point on highway (ie starts from ramp and takes you off the ramp automatically)
 
SarhoshAmiral said:
Cant' you use pet mode as camp mode?
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For A/C yes, but there are a number of other things that would be nice for camping like keeping lights off and doors locked. Creature comfort also disables interior controls, whereas for camp mode you'd want more interior controls available in the back.
 
SarhoshAmiral said:
Cant' you use pet mode as camp mode?
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you can... but there's some key differences:

- Creature comfort deactivates the rear climate control screen; you might want that if you're camped out in the back
- A proper Camp Mode should help you manage the biggest issue we found, namely the interior and exterior lights coming on when you don't want them to disturbing other campers or anyone sleeping next to you in the back. In fact the only way around that is to lock the car from the inside with the fob once you're in back and then only open only the rear doors (not the driver or front passenger ones, and definitely not the tailgate) otherwise you're that guy suddenly blaring his lights in a quiet dark campground!
- Creature Comfort also disables the power outlets; definitely not what you need when camping
- Creature Comfort has a bright display across the Cockpit screen and no way to dim it so you have to cover it or try and sleep with the illumination of that

Besides...Lucid promised this feature and it was part of my decision to get this car and I feel for this kind of dough they owe me what they advertised!
 
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hwy17er said:
Besides...Lucid promised this feature and it was part of my decision to get this car and I feel for this kind of dough they owe me what they advertised!
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🤣
 
SarhoshAmiral said:
I am going to add another one. GIve an option for which screen to use for Android Auto.

I actually would prefer if Android Auto was at the larger screen and car's map was at the upper screen.
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That's a restriction getting Google and Apple. They require it be displayed on the highest screen. I've not heard any indication that either is considering changing that requirement.
 
doubletwist said:
That's a restriction getting Google and Apple. They require it be displayed on the highest screen. I've not heard any indication that either is considering changing that requirement.
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I didn't know that. What a stupid restriction that doesn't take in to account different layouts. In this case, it is actually harder to use Android Auto at the top screen, it would have been way easier to use when it is in the main screen
 
SarhoshAmiral said:
I didn't know that. What a stupid restriction that doesn't take in to account different layouts. In this case, it is actually harder to use Android Auto at the top screen, it would have been way easier to use when it is in the main screen
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Sure, it's more of a cover their butt thing than anything else. They don't want to get sued because some idiot kept looking down at a lower screen.
 
I’d love to get V2H Energy Back-up before our annual series of winter power outages. It’s theoretically on the roadmap for 2026…
 
SEA said:
I’d love to get V2H Energy Back-up before our annual series of winter power outages. It’s theoretically on the roadmap for 2026…
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I think there's still some way to go on V2H. ISO 15118-20:2022 Amendment 1:2026, governing some aspects of AC bidirectional V2H/V2X was just published last month. All 258 pages of it.
IMO likely a 2027 thing, not 2026.
 
SEA said:
I’d love to get V2H Energy Back-up before our annual series of winter power outages. It’s theoretically on the roadmap for 2026…
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Rather than waiting on official V2H, I got the V2V cable with the idea to ask my electrician to hook up an autotransformer and generator inlet to my main panel so I can feed 240V from the V2V solution to my house, but no idea how well it would handle a large inductive load like the A/C compressor...
 
jasonjs said:
Rather than waiting on official V2H, I got the V2V cable with the idea to ask my electrician to hook up an autotransformer and generator inlet to my main panel so I can feed 240V from the V2V solution to my house, but no idea how well it would handle a large inductive load like the A/C compressor...
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The A/C compressor's Locked Rotor Amps (LRA) would probably be a bigger issue. This can be hundred of amps, unless you install a soft-start or have a variable-speed (not 2-speed) compressor. You'd also need to emulate an EV's J1772 connector to get the RangeXChange mobile cable to share power.

My strategy was Lucid's V2H, but after waiting a few years I punted and installed an Enphase battery system, and an Enphase AC-bidirectional EVSE. I'm still waiting for V2H software on that EVSE, and for a car manufacturer to declare compatibility.
 
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