Lucid on Thursday introduced its greatest software program replace for the Air because the sedan went on sale a yr in the past.
The replace brings Lucid’s person interface to model 2.0. What meaning is a whole lot of small tweaks, like improved menu designs and faster car begin up, in addition to added performance.
“Lucid’s actually modern person interface turns into simpler to make use of and much more aesthetically lovely in every iteration, delivered seamlessly over-the-air to the car,” Derek Jenkins, Lucid’s senior vice chairman of design and model, mentioned in a press release.
The spotlight is the long-awaited introduction of Lucid’s driver-assist function for highways, aptly named Freeway Help. A part of Lucid’s DreamDrive suite of driver-assist options, Freeway Help blends adaptive cruise management and lane centering management to allow the Air to deal with itself in its lane in sure circumstances.
The motive force nonetheless wants to observe issues, rating Lucid’s Freeway Help at Stage 2 on the SAE scale of self-driving functionality. Stage 3 is the primary stage the place the driving force is free to take their eyes off the highway, albeit nonetheless inside sure circumstances.
One other key replace sees the car’s shows swap on immediately, so the driving force can begin driving as quickly as they sit down and buckle up. The menu designs have additionally been up to date, in some instances based mostly on buyer suggestions. Now controls for in style capabilities like navigation, cellphone, and media, are simpler to achieve, for instance. The turn-by-turn instructions for the navigation additionally now seem straight forward of the driving force.
Different key adjustments embrace a De-Ice Mode that makes use of the defrost operate together with wiper fluid to clear ice from the windshield, in addition to improved remaining vary prediction, and an improved shopping expertise when utilizing third-party apps.
Lucid has already begun the rollout of the replace to Air house owners and can proceed over the approaching weeks.
