Drive First Drive First Gravity: Electrical SUV that does not make concessions

Lucid spent years Work on EV II -The SUV that resembles the luxury trucks designed to be the category killer that can take the market share of the other luxury EV and the internal carriers of combustion such as R1S Rivian, Cadillac Escalade IQ, BMW X7, and Audi Q8.

the The company supported by Saudi Arabia The goal was to create SUVs without a compromise – a high goal that other car manufacturers have tried and failed to do so before. After the first driving in EV, which is $ 96,550, it is clear that the company did more than just focus on luxurious touches. Although there is a lot.

The clear gravity may be just engineering at its best. EV is loaded with technology and promotions from its predecessor, Air Lucid sedan. Peter Rolinson, former CEO Lucid and CTO, Which deviated aside in February, Perhaps he is no longer in the company, but its engineering imprints throughout the new clear gravity.

Although customers may not see technology under the same hood, they will test it.

The clear gravity contains up to 450 miles of the zero -zero range to 60 miles per hour less than 3.5 seconds, and the shipping times that have not heard about the current EVS. Attention can be paid up to 200 miles in only 11 minutes on the fast charging of the DC, according to the company, thanks to the new Boost mode that enhances the rear motor as a transformer to increase charging.

All this luxury, technology and spaciousness comes at a price. The price of the car mark ranges between 96,550 for a large round of rows to 99,450 dollars for the three -row version. The “cheaper” tour is expected to reach $ 81,550 later this year.

The courage of clear technology of gravity

The engineers who were working on gravity took what they learned Air sapphire is clear And clear aviation, to create the new Gen 2 system that supports the SUV. This includes a new battery that was developed in partnership with Panasonic (which Lucid says it provides a 40 % improvement in the competitive group), a new engine unit, a new thermal system, and a new charging system.

Specifically, the engineers created a system that allows clear gravity to charge 225 kW on a 500 -volt structure (which supports Tesla’s V3) and up to 400 km on 1,000 volts shipments (which supports the new V4 from Tesla that goes out this year).

To do this, the engineers used the gravitational and reflector engine as a transformer to increase the 500 -volt shipping to the voltage required for the battery without adding additional devices. They also carried out the connection and shipping of the system so that the owners do not have to make the uproar and start imposing fees on specific charging devices.

EV charging innovation

Changes are part of the North America’s shipping standard in Tesla, which was released last year. The announcement of the standard came at a time when the development of gravity was almost completed.

The updated standard requires rethinking the foundations of gravity when it was developed by approximately 70 % in late 2022 and early 2023, according to Emad Dillala, the first vice president of the movement transmission group in Lucid.

“When I joined in 2015, it was 400 volts in the latest style,” said Dalla. He continued: “Quickly, we realized that we needed to move it to the next level.” So we have developed a new technology that enabled the shipping through the LEGACY 500 -volt charging structure through a future charging structure of 1000 volts. What we learned from the air in 2021 may change completely. “

The team behind Gravity has also made a number of changes in devices to add repetition, support the information and entertainment system, and to allow the company to add more automated driving features to the advanced driver assistance system.

The company uses Orin-X processors from NVIDIA to visualize artificial intelligence and video processing for the advanced driver aid system, Snapdragon 8295 from Qualcomm entertainment, and Infineon TC397 for vehicle dynamics and body control.

Today, Gravity provides what is known as the 2 level driving, a system that automates some driving, but it still requires the driver to pay attention. Lucid aims to provide level 3 or L3 at the end, which usually provides manual driving and driving on highways in certain circumstances.

According to the company, Dream Drive 2 Pro will provide an upgrade to ASAS, according to the company, and will provide features such as the perception of up to five passes of traffic, curve speed control, help change, alert rash, and automated car parks.

Clear gravity: the area of ​​goods and passengers

The gravity is designed to be wide for their passengers and goods. Engineers and designers achieved this goal. The interior is the interior of the interior with 120 cubic feet of the interior space, which Lucid says is 40 % more than the nearest competitor.

It turned out that the voltage to avoid valves helped them get there.

The company wanted to find a way to not use valves because it needs to be accessed regularly and replace them when it blows, and it tends to seize a precious internal space that can be used for goods and passengers, according to the Felipe Gutician committees, head of software engineering in Lucid.

Instead, Lucid decided to use publishers in gravity, which are mainly electronic keys. These publishers are automatically reset when rotating the car, responding faster to the short pants in the system, eliminating the potential error of installing a fabric with the wrong amperage during the replacement and allowing to bury the valves box deeply inside the car instead of infringement of the interior space. Distributors can also run unnecessary systems and reduce parasitic losses in the car.

To prove that gravity was more than its competitors, the EV maker, Cadillac Escalad, and Mercedes Benz, lined up EQS SUV, Rivian R1S and BMW X7 at this event in Los Olivius, California. Correspondents were challenged to take boxes that fill gravity (including the spacious briefing) and accumulate them in EQS SUV.

It was an impossible task and without any other close competitor. One of the colleagues who coincides with a 6 -feet length and 6 inches in the back of the gravity managed to be comfortable and closed the back hole without any problems.

A clear attraction on the road

Great gravity and measure 198.2 inches long and 87.2 inches. This puts SUV EV slightly less than the Chevrolet suburb in size. However, the car is huge, which helps to enhance the interior space.

SUVs usually tend full size with this type of fingerprint to be dual at home and giant towns on the road, making them uncomfortable for the hole, especially on winding roads.

It is not so with clear gravity.

The gravity of Nipomo, California on the central coast has led Cuyama Highway and Tepusquet Road, sharp, hot, sharp, sharp, to Los Olivos for my experimental leadership and was amazingly fun, and dared to say, fun in driving.

Heavy gravity (6000 pounds in the option of three rows that you led). I felt some of this weight on the road. However, as soon as the car is placed in the preparation of comfort known as “smoothness”, it dealt with the lamp on the highways and the wide -off easily.

I switched it to the Tepusquet Road road, and I took adaptive residue, weather springs and coarse curves without disturbing the car, or getting roller at any time. He was so soft on this winding road in fast preparation to the extent that my passengers slept.

Gravity gets the rear wheels when equipped with a dynamic package (which adds about $ 2900 to the basic price), giving you an additional 3 degrees of rear wheel driving-both in the stage or outside the phase depending on the speed (or slowly).

This rear guidance increases the light of the car and took less than the road while driving on the mountain roads one council to the dirt track, which I tried on a local farm where Lucid prepared an experiment through the marches for us.

Even when pressed (and sliding) through dirt, the gravity remains noticeably flat and comfortable. And yes, you can do some light roads on very rough roads with gravity because it gets 7 inches of ground clearance that can reach 9 inches of clearance when lifting.

One of the amazing things I liked more about gravity was the so -called “Squircal” steering wheel. After pushing other vehicles with (stupid) expenses, the square wheel makes gravity feel more flexible and responsive, and the electrically supported shelf is adjusted and the wing is directed to be immediately: where the wheel is directed, the car is still without any confrontation.

Lucid has also seized one pedal campaign to be an axiom to the point that I hadn’t had to touch the brake once on the winding roads around Los Olivos.

All in, it is clear that after more than four years of development, the SUV of seven passengers from all over the domain electrical range, wonderful efficiency, light movement and function of the wealthy buyer looking for an “American -made” vehicle is not Tesla.