The Best EV Sedan On The Market | Lucid Air Review
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
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What's it like to live with the Lucid Air Touring and how does this premium electric sedan compare against the ever-growing EV competition? We took Yee's Lucid Air to Malibu, along southern California's busy roads and beautiful sweeping canyons to find out.
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Good video. I'm 65 and solvent, and an Air GT owner for over a year. I'm a gear-head car guy from way back with many track-day laps and long trips just to drive famous roads. Yes, a Tesla Plaid could outpace me on a drag strip, but I've never been on one. The joy of my Lucid is that I don't leave home thinking about charging. It has enough range. Between cities it charges rapidly, but that is rarely needed. It just works and my wife loves the comfy ride. But...
When I get out on the right road (TX Hill Country, Arkansas Ozarks, Colorado canyons) I can push this car beyond the point that would make most people vomit in their lap. The acceleration is brutal. Steering is precise if a bit over-boosted and numb. The feel at the limit in a turn is unmatched by any car even close to its weight class. I am in awe that there are *Three* versions of this car quicker than mine.
I finally see a high quality Lucid Air review video. Most of reviews are crap! Thank you making effort to produce such beautiful content!
Super appreciate your recognition!
Great content, editing, and video. Feels more like a short film. Keep it up.
Thanks a ton!
My friend bought a Lucid Air Grand Touring. Freaking amazing car honestly. I loved the passenger massages too. And it had 505mi range. That was jaw dropping. Sadly charging was a mess honestly. No one can compete with Tesla here. And so spacious and the build and finish is incredible. The software is a tad underwhelming as is its responsiveness and look and feel. Acceleration is good but not quite Tesla level. The ride is super comfortable and you don't get the camel feeling like in a Tesla.
Overall the vehicle is elite and truly incredible. But it also is $150k. Unless they make $60k models or lesser they will likely disappear in a decade. They have to compete with Tesla in the $50k to $60k now and then make profit. They can even reside in $70k range but higher you go fewer are the buyers
love the production quality of this video! Look forward to seeing more Lucid Air reviews like on your charging experiences, software, and conversation with tesla-owning neighbors etc
Great idea! We'll see what we can do!
If Apple ever decide to buy an EV car company, Lucid would be the best choice.
Lucid is majority owned by PIF, a Saudi government fund worth nearly a _trillion_ dollars. They are more interested in building a car company that turning a quick profit. LCID isn't for sale and, no matter what the trolls say, has no risk of falling short on funding
Apple is dead in innovation. Lucid is dead opposite to apple
Tesla is, most seller EV on the planet.
@@unknownember7889 Yes, Tesla is full seller. Elon Musk is the best car salesman on the lot!
Lucid is a premium luxury brand with massive expenses and little focus on mass production efficiency. It’s a boutique cash cow.. Apple should have bought Tesla when they had the offer in 2018.. they apparently considered working in partnership with Hyundai before they folded on the iCar project.
I love the interior of the Air. It looks elegant, the different textures and materials makes it worth the premium it asks for. If Tesla can only share it’s charging network to other EV’s.
Tesla was on NACS evergreen.. lucid should have designed their car with NACS instead of CCS or J17C. Pay tesla money so that you can access their charging network.
Tesla has a monopoly when it comes to charging. If you had a monopoly on something, would share it with your competition??
@@nicklegrey987 I would try to buy out or merge EA with other charging companies for larger network. Accessibility to charging would entice more EV buyers.
Tesla chargers are the legacy 400V. Lucid, Hyundai, KIA, Porsche, Audi, Rimac, etc. use 800V+ charging (CCS standard is 920V). High voltage cars can up-convert voltage from 400V but it is slow and inefficient. Tesla needs to upgrade it's chargers (and its cars) to stay relevant in the long term.
@@Miata822 yo! Tesla laid the ground work for all these pretend ev companies... Saying tesla is a car company is like saying Amazon is a book selling company. They are dominant!
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Always on point with your reviews! 💯
Only a matter of time before this channel blows up.
Thanks! Your video was one of the things that helped me decide to buy a Lucid Air and I love it!
Great video! That backseat looks so relaxing .
Thank you! It really is.
I have the same vehicle, but in Quantum Grey. Love it. No issues with charging because I charge all the time at home overnight. With 80% charge I get over 300 miles which is more than enough. The 5 times I did have to charge it at public chargers I never had any issues. I'm in PA and there are fewer EV's on the road, so that may explain it. Regarding the shelves in the trunk and frunk, just take them out and leave them at home. You'll have much more room, use both more frequently without any hassles. I often keep a compact 2000 psi pressure washer in the frunk so I can wash the car easily. The front gets buggy....literally.
Great tips! Thank you!
What brand pressure washer do you use?
I love the car, but I’m concerned about the company’s longevity.
Excellent video
Awesome Video. I wish you made a video like this with the Astro.
The instant Torque on EV’s feels super nice and the noise of the high-tech motors. 🔥
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
perfect! I have the touring model, same sentiments!
Glad to hear that you agree!
Non-Tesla charging experience* not entirely an “EV” issue
Great car just don't want to give up my arm and leg 😄
nice car... we are considering placing the order for the Lucid SUV.. our R1S is very nice.. but range and weight needs a lot of improvement. We tinted our R1S sun glass.. helped a lot!
Love this video and the car. I have an EV myself, a Kia EV6 GT.
Love my Air Touring!!
Amazing car
Can you go over your real world charing situation? Interesting to see where you charge, how frequently you charge, and how fast you charge etc vs model 3.
Check out our podcast if you'd like to hear more! But generally speaking the rant inside the video about charging is pretty representative of what the experience is like. Difficult to find a charger, finicky at best regarding whether or not the charging will start automatically, and charging speeds are never the advertised maximums. Basically, charge at home if you can, and if not, just be prepared to be patient when charging in public.
Charge up at home and stop abusing the free charging that Lucid stupidly hands out! Okay you need a better home charger. The Lucid can do 17kw if you have the right EVSE. PS Nice review over all. PPS EA Sucks.
hey dumbo, not your business, bugger off!
You gotta get that 240v plug at home save ya the hassle of public charging. Lovely Air mane👍
What A Handsome Car..
Love the white color
Nice review. With a level 2 charger at home you would rarely have to charge at public stations. Tesla stations will open up to other EV’s in 2025 so that should be a game changer.
All it needs is NACS and it's golden!
Love the interior too, but at 6’2” and not as flexible as I use to be, had big problems getting in and out :(. Pretty much made it a ‘non option’ for me unfortunately.
The Air is a cyberpunk 2077 car in real life. Pretty cool but, It's still to expensive though compared to the plaid. You can pick up a used plaid for 69k and keep up or beat the air. Haven't seen a head to head of the sapphire yet. Is the extra 30% range worth another 150k-180k?
Not bad for Lucid’s 1st try.
We agree!
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This was awesome. A trunk in the front and in the back. So the engine is underneath the vehicle.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I want one with a solid roof but not body color
Beautiful vehicle. How's the driver assist? Can you drive hands free. How about stop and go LA traffic?
I'm confused you guys started off leaving a million dollar house, but you don't have a charger there 🙈😂.
Yee has only had his Lucid for a few weeks and he wanted to test if whether the range of the Lucid and access to public chargers still call for a level 2 charger to be installed at home.
i see more and more of them on the road. yet all i hear is the stock is going to keep tanking. i think differently. i dont care how bad their margins are right now. i think this brand is going to take off.
Unfortunately, people equate EV start-ups with investment nowadays. As a product, there's not denying the Lucid Air is brilliant and that to me is a good sign.
If a Tesla, BMW, or Mercedes seems too mundane, this is the car for you! My takeaway is that its biggest redeeming quality is its scarcity - it makes you appear more than you truly are. And, speaking of fashion sense, don't leave me vulnerable to fashion faux pas; shoelaces or no laces?
There's nothing about this car that says it's any worse for kids getting a dirty than any other car. The space is actually the key for kids and car seats and whatever. Adults alone do not need that gigantic back seat
I’m rooting for Lucid’s success but they really need a mid-sized, good priced, SUV or the’ll have little chance of success.
3 miles per hour charging at home? dude you need to get a 240 outlet installed...
How's the full self-driving on the Air?
Nobody has that yet.
FSD does not exist , tesla lied about it!
To echo the other comments, there's Dream Drive Pro, but even that system isn't that comparable to AutoPilot or FSD. Hopefully Lucid can push some larger updates to really improve this feature in the future though!
@@AutoEnthusedTV quite honestly, FSD doesn't exist.
It's hype.
Why didn't you charge BEFORE filming..?? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
This was deliberate to show a realistic scenario in owning an EV
What does the guy who owns the Lucid Touring do? He had a Fit which is a car so lame I wouldn't have taken when I was young and poor, I'd just keep walking/using public transit till I could afford better. Then he goes to a 125k (plus tax) car. What did he do to go from a Fit to a Lucid Touring? Thats the story I want to hear. We always see these youngish people with Telsa Plaid and Lucids and S580 Mercs etc what did they do to make the money? Thats the interesting part.
I have a Tesla Model 3 Performance and the charging situation isn't any better for me. I am lucky my apartment building has chargers, but when I try a supercharger it's almost always full, even at 10pm its a challenge to get a spot. When Tesla opens up to all the other companies that signed up with them its going to SUCK.
The owner of the Lucid is Yee and he is coming from a Tesla Model 3 and a Porsche Macan. I (Michael) am the one who owned the Fit. Not my place to tell Yee’s story so that may have to wait another day. Btw, the Fit is a fantastic car and I’m sorry that you automatically regard it lame as it is one of the best practical and economical car you can get. I’ll have another one in my dream garage one day.
@@AutoEnthusedTV You can be economical and have fun in a Model 3 performance, they are down to 50k now and are as quick as a high end Porche. A Fit takes 9 seconds to get to 60, personally I'd have a mental breakdown driving one but to each their own. I did misunderstand in the video, I thought it was his car. And yes, I would be really interested to learn how people afford these cars before they have white hair, I find that interesting. He said he works from home, I wish I could figure out how to work from home and afford those expensive cars.
Totally understand but that is under the assumption that all you are looking for in a vehicle is zero to sixty performance. Nobody buys a Fit for that. At the same time, I would rather get something with a different character than a model 3 for driving feel and performance.
Your charging issues must be a California thing. I have never once had a charging issue at EA. Each and everytime it works. Now as for Max Charging. You have to realize that even if you get max charging of 350KW, it is only going to stay there for a couple of minutes at best, and start coming down from there throughout the entire charging cycle. The best I have ever seen is 325KW for about 30 seconds and then it started coming down and that was with a full conditioning cycle. The charging unit Lucid provides with the car is custom tuned for the car. Using the 240V plug, I consistantly get 37 mile per hour on my Air GT, however if I plug in my Chevy Bolt it only gets 11 mile per hour whereas my normal charging station will get 26 mile per hour on the Bolt. However, my normal 240V charger will only produce 20 mile per hour on the Lucid.
Your assessment of the demographic of who should buy this car is SPOT on with my thinking. This is a top of the line luxury car, that is meant for a night out on the town or a nice comfortable drive in the country. If you have kids get the mini-van of EV's a Model 3 or Y. They don't standout and blend in with all the other me too people who have to have one and treat it like it is a Toyota.
Good Luck and Enjoy!
BTW that Range Rover looked like ass. @4:00
Haha to each their own! Definitely a polarizing color way
Why didn’t he just charge at home??
We wanted to experience public charging since Lucid includes it for free for a limited time
What does your friend do for a living 😭
He's an entrepreneur!
Lucid is loosing 265 for every 100 dollars of gross profit they make😢😢
Yeah, a great winning strategy…
“I don’t do long distance drives.” Then why did you get an incredibly expensive “touring” car? Just get a Chevy Bolt or some other city driving EV.
With all due respect, the Chevy Bolt is nowhere near as nice as the Lucid Air.
@@AutoEnthusedTV That’s my point. You don’t need a super nice touring EV to get you to the store and back, or to just run errands in the city.
No one needs super nice shoes, super nice homes, or super nice “anything”. But it is something you are allowed to get if you want it and they add to the overall experience.
Great, but you give NO numbers.
What numbers were you looking for?
@@AutoEnthusedTVKiloweaats, or horsepower, quarter mile e.t. 0 t0 60 mph time. weight of the car. You know the stuff that car buyers want to know. and how much does this thing sell for? HOW FAR CAN YOU DRIVE ON ONE Charge?
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