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      02-21-2025, 02:38 PM   #3
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Drives: ‘73 Mustang Conv, Lucid Air GT
Join Date: May 2024
Location: Charlotte

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I had the Air Grand Touring and it lived up to what they said. I would not have given it up had the charging network in the Southeast been adequate. I believe they are changing the port on the Air (maybe including an adapter) and have changed it on the gravity so that it can use certain Tesla fast chargers. That will change the calculus at some point. My problem wasn't with Lucid, it was with Electrify America, not enough stations, not enough chargers at each station, poor charger reliability and poor charger performance (would rarely get about 200 when charger said 350, even when car was down at 10%). My range was typically between 420 and 450 without trying to hypermile and trying to keep it under 80mph. You could get 500 on the Air GT if you kept the speed down to 70 in most conditions.

The temp differences, although important, were never really much of a consideration for me. I am not sure who in their right mind would consider an all EV without at-home charging. That was never in my consideration. As such, I have a charger now and my wife's next vehicle will be a PHEV.

The Air was better than my BMW M5 it replaced (more comfortable, quiet, faster straight line) and I would still have it today if not for external factors. It has the same exterior dimensions as my M5 and interior space as my older BMW Alpina B7. I could take the car from Charlotte to Chapel Hill roundtrip without charging and could take it to Atlanta round trip, stopping for around 30 minutes to charge. The real problem was the charging environment for me and that can be mitigated based on use case. Only service after the first month (delivery related) was the one-year service. All done in my garage at home.

Where is the temp 110 for six months and -10 for the other six months? Not sure I would live there anyway.

The Gravity reminds my of the Audi Q7 and a few other "SUV's".
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