My First Lucid Air Road Trip Heading From Palm Springs To Colorado! 

I don’t think I explained my driving strategy for testing enough in this video so hope this clarifies: Strategy 1: Rip it to drain the battery low and try and find a 350kW charger to see big charging speeds Strategy 2: Normal driving into Grand Junction to simulate how a normal person would cruise with wide open roads Strategy 3: Gentler cruising over the Rockies getting the highest efficiency of the trip

We don’t have access to serious EA help. I have been stuck innumerable times trying to get a charge at Electrify America. It actually pushed me away from electric cars for long distance use and as of over 1 year ago I no longer take electric road trips. I’m glad you document the issues, because I have posted about this online and been called a FUD spreader by the Electrify America Stans. I invested almost $100k in a luxury car, had awful charging experiences, and been called a liar for documenting it. So freaking frustrating.

Even though some of these conditions or experiences can be stressful to most of us average people, your humor and demeanor always make for a fair review, a great experience and much less nail biting. Your reviews assist those interested in motoring technology to make an informed purchase or not, or to just learn about the newest technology in cars. Thx! Be safe.

Kyle: "Little charger, you have no idea what's in store for you." Little Charger: "Hold my handle!"

This came at the right time. New road trip videos are one of the best ways to calm myself down and this really helped me out.

Dude, he let you drive his car because you're a nice guy and you take care of someone else's stuff. Great review.

Peter is the absolute man. Out of Spec roadtrips are some of my favorite content on all of RU-vid. Love you guys

Went to Electrify America today and had no cell phone service. Couldn't swipe to charge and couldn't call customer service. What a wonderful feeling. Lol

I couldn’t imagine buying such an expensive car and truly worrying about chargers not working. There are so many great cars out there crippled by terrible charging networks. Fun video as always.

Kyle…this is why I’m not switching over. I do NOT have the same connections as you.

What's the point of fast charging if it takes an hour+ fumbling to even start charging? Awful. Just awful.

Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste .. 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ 🌷 ☮ ❤🕊

Road tripping in my Air GT I target arriving at under 10% and unplugging at about 50%. Driving at a more modest pace, that gives me an easy two hour driving stint between 10-15 minute stops. I don't bother with preconditioning and, of course, it's easy to charge a little more where chargers are sparse. When younger I would press on regardless, driving hours on end, but have found that stretching my legs every couple hours keeps my mind in the game on the highway and I arrive at my destination in functional condition. Since I would be stopping anyway, I find the Lucid has usually charged past my target by the time I find the bio-break facilities and buy a drink or whatever. Travelling in a Lucid today also means allowing a little time to talk to the gawkers.

25:35 Honestly, I don't think there's much to optimize with trips in the Lucid. With easily 400 to 450 miles of minimum driving range, most people will just drive it like a gas car. A couple of 10 to 15 minute stops at a convenience store would be more than enough to drive 800+ miles in a day, which is more than most people would ever consider driving. The bigger factor is being able to find and identify faster chargers that are located conveniently for the trip.

Yesterday I typed Lucid into my search on RU-vid. Watched 2 of your videos then went for a walk this morning…and I’m staying in Palm Springs! I see the driveway where your trip began (across the street is the home with all the plant canopies). Small world! Thank you for your video. The electrify America network needs some help. I was thinking you were about to be stranded out there. Glad you made it back to Colorado. I’ll be watching more of your videos!

1:04 Kyle freaks out about charging! The happiness in his voice is priceless. It's like hearing a guy crossing the desert finding water.

Thanks again for a other GREAT video! 👍🏽👍🏽

The house music is perfect for this! Evey other RU-vidr is clueless. Well done!

"My plan has backfired." Words of an honest man. Your review is excellent.

Beautiful car. Can’t wait to get mines.

Love your videos. You do all the test driving for us to decided.

Great road trip Kyle, loved the nod to Spinal Tap “hello Cleveland” moment when they couldn’t find the stage…”this is it, this will be fastest charge ever……oh shit error”. Cool man 👍

Great video Kyle I really enjoy your road trip video keep up the great content 👍

thank you peter! wish he was my friend to! Also liking the solar panels on his garage roof. Hope to run into this peter guy on my trip to Europe

Reminds me of the 1970s gas crisis. Spending an hour trying to get the gas cap off after standing in a long line realizing that you had to put a locking gas cap on to keep people from stealing gas and not bringing the key. When you finally got the cap off you remember that your license plate has the wrong digit for gas today.

A great video! Enjoy videos that give me a more "normal" view of the car. Getting my Touring next month. Did my test drive yesterday. Can't wait.

Epic video today man!

enjoyed the selection of background music for this video

Please keep making more Lucid videos. Love to get real feedback.

The car looks like a VW Arteon! Thanks for the awesome experience you shard with us!!!!

Really makes me appreciate the simplicity of Tesla.

Excellent review & Koolz Soundtracks...🚗🎵🚙

Accurate description... thank you for the video. i am very impressed. Keep it up bro

What a cluster with these EA chargers. Patience is a virtue you have in spades!!! 👍🇺🇸

This is what’s needed imo 450-500 mi range. I loved the Lucid ever since I first saw it. I’m sure they’ll iron out the software issues but overall this car is it! My only gripe is the charging network and the anxieties causes wondering if the charger will work! I was anxious just watching you try to charge!

thanks for. Sharing your Road trip utah is nice

A beautiful vehicle for sure.

Thank you!!!

Its a amazing car to see!

It feels like I'm right there ready to travel the rockies, gj m8, you are a cool guy.

I think I'd watch again just for the soundtrack!

Thanks Kyle. Your charging crisis was exciting! Glad okay. You should teach anger management classes on how to remain calm when facing calamity.

We are excited about this car

This car is amazing!

Love how the screen moves out of the way love how it's got interior of car

Fantastic review

Thanks Peter

ngl dude the scenary in this video has been amazing

Looks sick

Great road-trip in an amazing car! Your 2nd to last charging experience confirmed everything I've heard and read so far about Charge America. It's hit and miss with this network. Although you were able to resolve the problem, most drivers probably would not have the same outcome. That's why I'm staying with Tesla.

Hy from Romania Europe, my God Awesome Trip and Lucid is the best Cruzer simply Gorgeus Phenomenal Car , Thank you for sharing this Awesome experience and by the way Nice roads you have there and Beutifoul landscapes .

Kind of glad I reserved the base RWD Pure Edition cuz it will be ready Q2 2023 and hopefully iron out a lot of these kinks.

Thanks for the review, I just found your channel, I liked and subscribed.

Gorgeous 😍 car indeed❗️ I am investing in this LCID stock while it is at a bargain price 😀

Okay this is the 1st video I've watched, came over after listening to The Smoking Tyre, very impressive amount of information, gorgeous looking car with pretty good range, will be looking out for your next videos, Rj in Oz

The lack of dependability of the current CCS network is horrific. If I'd bought a CCS car instead of a Tesla it would have soured the entire EV experience for me. This is a little unacceptable for a product so expensive.

This is the best color for me. I am heading to test it next week for the Gand Touring. Great Review

I had a problem last weekend with an EA - they were all "complimentary", but one stall/unit apparently didn't get the memo, and would fail to start. I had to move over to a different stall to get the charge to start. I was towing with my Rivian, and the first station was the only one I could park at and reach without disconnecting the trailer. So of course I had to disconnect the trailer to pull into a different stall to charge. But another Rivian pulled up as I was doing it - they had just finished a day of offroading.

Am loving the review I can recommend lucid anytime thanks for great review 👍

Nice Ultra Kyle 8y... love the car....

Loved this road trip video. Beautiful car.

That's one of the best looking sedans.

I love how excited he is to have the fastest charging speed ever..... only after waiting over an hour to get the charger to work. 😂

And this is why Tesla’s charging network is king. Also, this video has way to many ads going on.

Wow Solo drive to Colorado from Cali! Impressive.. The car is awesome crazy... its not lucid. haha. Great Great Great review enjoying your comments on the car.

Don't own an electric car and probably won't for awhile as I have a 2021 Honda Passport but man, I find your videos extremely interesting and informative and love the locations you drive to and from. Keep up the great work dude!

NIce video Kyle. Ripping the Lucid Air

Driving electric is an experience all on its own. You have great patience. They are good cars but we have a very long long way to go.

Lucid Air is really dream car

Thumbs up to Peter for loaning this car.

Lucid cars are awesome.

it's a beautiful looking car

I understand but it’s funny charging before off to the hotel. That’s half the adventure finding the right hotel for the overnight charge. I’ve been traveling with my model 3 for the last 4yrs, the EV experiences have made our trips so much fun…. Opening up experience’s we never would have had. My experience with EV’s have confidence me that this is a tech/hardware race. With that said there’s only one company that has the hardware and the tech unrolling quickly……LUCID🔥💪😎 Few can see reality but best to all!!!

Don't know why but I get Chrysler vibes looking at this car.

20:20: I have a BMW I4, there is usually a curve to the charge on my car. It states I can get 200 kw and I have when it preps, but generally only for about the first minute, then it goes down to 160 or so, till about 40% then it goes to 120, and so on till it levels around 80kW. 29:50 This is what you can expect of Electrify America, (EA) 1/10 th of the time in my experience. Call the 800 number, they may answer in an hour. 59:00 Yep more EA errors. Car may be amazing, EA will throw cold water on that with figuring out plugging in and charging will work. 1:05:10 Nice. My top charge ever has only been DC 186kW for a few seconds.

I case no one has told you yet, there are two additional way to open the charge port - the charge button on the extreme left of the main screen or pressing your finger on the bottom right of the charge door.

There are 3 ways to open chatgeport door. 1. Pres on charge port door with key in close proximity, 2. Press on dash screen far left upper corner, press on the center Ipad device.

1:01:21 Sadly, these double activations are probably the #1 issue with Electrify America's reliability. It's connected to everything from FordPass issues to why some people have problems activating the charger with an app after they've plugged in (they don't wait for the handshake to complete). I know a number of your viewers jump on the CCS standard or the public charging infrastructure as a whole for being the culprit, but in my experience, this is all on Electrify America (and partly on the automakers who have attempted ISO plug and charge). As people start to get more experience with faster, non-Electrify America chargers, they might start to change their perceptions a bit.

The song at 38:00 is such a vibe

Nice

Cool.

Walmart in mesquite was limited to 65kw out of the 150kw and the same boot screen you shown for days on the other. When I went through on the my way to Page Az. I ended going up the road part Saint George Utah, Port Washington ut (exit qp) to get 164ka working Electrify America Station.

Great looking car, 450+ miles in EV is awesome. Looking forward to an affordable EV with that range.

I wish this had the new 2.0 Software update, just saw it's completely change on another channel. Hopefully it updates while you have this vehicle

Saw my first Lucid Air in the wild this past Saturday. It was getting a (presumably speeding) ticket from a NY State Trooper on the Taconic State Parkway :-) I thought it might have been you!

Flies can smell the TACO BELL you had on the roof 😄

Great video, Kyle. Always like your tests and real world perspective. Lucid looks like an amazing car. Except for charging issues. Gotta hand it to Tesla, supercharger is one of the best things about Tesla and the reason I’ll keep my Models S for now. Oh, and having a hard time with the Saudi financing. Don’t think I can justify that. Too bad ‘cause it looks like a great car.

Electrify America really pisses me off with the lack of reliability.

A great one man road-trip PG rated movie, so crazy I watched the whole thing I must be an official EV nerd.

24:05 There is a 350 kW EVgo site in Vegas now, but unfortunately, it's a bit off of I-15.

Oh I know it too well. I don’t need to charge but I like to take a break and charge. 😂

Enjoying the coverage of the Lucid! Please be careful when someone asks you about the car when they're from other states (Alabama). If you laugh when they tell you where they're from, that laugh with a comment like "I don't think there's going to be many Lucids in Alabama", well it just comes off as snobbish. Also there's one area that reviewers never seem to address which is battery degradation and replacement costs. Although many will never need to replace their battery, it's environmentally responsible to keep a car for a long time (less CO2 to make a new car). That said replacement costs should always be lower on ubiquitous vehicles like Tesla. With high numbers of older Tesla's they will undoubtedly be in higher supply effectively dropping prices especially for used batteries out of wrecked vehicles.

Thanks for the video. Very informative. Did the glass canopy get too hot? Trying to decide if to get it with or without. I saw another video and they said without it you would feel claustrophobic with the metal roof. What's your opinion? Thanks

Good car👍👍👍

Love the channel. Concerned about your dietary choices though brother.

No go on 350… seems like a very common scenario, like all the time. ‘Problem with todays road tripping’ I road trip a lot, so holding off on EV and opting for hybrid for at least another 10 years. Not considering a Lucid, I’d opt for EQS for about the same money. You had 500 mile range AND you’ve charged THREE times and only covered 346 miles??? What’s up with that? EV are just fine for daily commute but road trips no go. St George 405 miles and took forever to get there… I’ve done that trip in just over 5 hours - it’s taken you an entire day! I’ve made it to Ft Collins in 18 hours in ICE unplug and -plug again! Go to other signet! Lol! Good luck charger? Good luck to you. Could you imagine if 90% of gas station pumps didn’t work or only pumped at cups per hour not gallons per minute. Sad. 20 miles per minute - going to be there 2 more hours! 3 hours for a gas stop?? At least the Taycan can charge to 80% in 20 minutes…. You have to be the most optimistic person on the planet. I woulda lost my mind having to call EA and Lucid and then still have a terrible charge! I am not sure you ever made it to Ft Collins lol

Thanks for the great videos as this really help the buyers like myself. I agree with you about the software and Dream Drive features! It’s also very disappointing to see the offering the Dream Drive Pro for $10k in the Pure which is like Tesla Free Auto Pilot!! And without it the car will be missing some hardware! Not sure if the company will be able to attract a lot of customers by not including this in the Pure for free. Start thinking to cancel my Pure’s reservation for Tesla Model S.

Man, internal combustion via fossil fuels seems so awesome after watching this. As does cash. Let’s never get rid of the option for either.

It stated on that screen for updates. Car must not be charging while updating. 44:05. WTH?

Id love to see the price of that "bubble" windshield. Stay away from any trucks on the highway. Im also sure that sunny days will be muder on middle age scalps will quickly get a tan!