The Lucid Air One-Ups Tesla and Maxes Out Range! — Transcript

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1. 0:00- Hey, what's up Marques here,
2. 0:01coming at you live at golden hour
3. 0:03with a pretty sweet electric vehicle.
4. 0:08You might have heard of it, it's a Lucid Air.
5. 0:10Actually, you might not have heard of it.
6. 0:11It's kind of rare at this point.
7. 0:13But the Lucid Air, this is a funny one,
8. 0:15I just put a main channel video out about this car
9. 0:18because I think it's that interesting.
10. 0:20But really the way I'm describing it is
11. 0:22this is a large four door luxury sedan.
12. 0:25An expensive four door luxury sedan.
13. 0:28But from the outside looking in,
14. 0:29it kind of looks like the strategy for Lucid right now
15. 0:32is to take what Tesla's doing
16. 0:34and just one up as many meaningful things about it
17. 0:37as possible.
18. 0:38And I actually think they've done a pretty good job
19. 0:40at a lot of that.
20. 0:41Now I'm gonna show you a little bit more
21. 0:43in this more in depth, detailed, casual style video
22. 0:46because I, that's why I made this channel.
23. 0:48But yeah, make sure you give a like on this video.
24. 0:50Subscribe if you're new here of course,
25. 0:51if you wanna see more videos like this
26. 0:53and the style about these cars.
27. 0:55Okay, let's jump in.
28. 0:56First of all, the major specs,
29. 0:58the Lucid Air, this is a Grand Touring performance spec.
30. 1:03It has 446 miles of range.
31. 1:06Okay, there's a spec that's gonna have
32. 1:08over 500 miles of range.
33. 1:10There's going to be a later rear wheel drive only spec,
34. 1:12but this is dual motors, all-wheel drive,
35. 1:14and a true, honest 400 plus miles of range.
36. 1:17That is really impressive.
37. 1:18Then there's 350 kilowatt charging.
38. 1:20That is super impressive.
39. 1:22Then there is the super low drag coefficient.
40. 1:24The efficiency, the smaller motors,
41. 1:26everything this car does right is right in your face.
42. 1:31I have my thoughts on the aesthetic,
43. 1:33which we'll get to in a second.
44. 1:34But just from a baseline,
45. 1:36they've done faster charging and more range than Tesla.
46. 1:39You still have to deal with the public charging network.
47. 1:41There is no Lucid charging network.
48. 1:43This is like if you get lucky
49. 1:45and find an Electrify America charger,
50. 1:47you can get incredible charging speeds.
51. 1:50But that's getting lucky.
52. 1:50So, I've lived with this
53. 1:51roughly $150 - $160,000 car now for about a week,
54. 1:55and I like a lot of things about it.
55. 1:57Let me start on the inside though,
56. 1:58'cause I think that's really where
57. 1:59most people are concerned about this car,
58. 2:01which is the luxury part of it.
59. 2:03And that's where I think it actually beats Tesla
60. 2:05by quite a handy margin.
61. 2:07If it knows I'm next to the car, it'll open. There you go.
62. 2:11We can get inside.
63. 2:12So, getting inside is pretty easy,
64. 2:15and immediately you're surrounded by,
65. 2:18well you have a real steering wheel,
66. 2:19but you have Alcantara over here.
67. 2:21You have some leather here, it smells like a leather.
68. 2:23And it's got a lot of nice material choices throughout.
69. 2:28These seats are really nice,
70. 2:29and I'll get to those in a second.
71. 2:31But this is one of those cars
72. 2:33where you'd be happy to drive it, or to be driven in it,
73. 2:37because these back seats are also very nice.
74. 2:40Matter of fact, let me show you that.
75. 2:41So, to get to the backseat,
76. 2:42I'm gonna open the door with this electronic door latch.
77. 2:45Really nice handle there. I like that a lot.
78. 2:47But I'm gonna get in the backseat.
79. 2:49Now, the reason this is such a nice backseat
80. 2:51is because they've gone with not a hatchback style,
81. 2:54but just a regular truck.
82. 2:55That's a big difference from the Model S sedan.
83. 2:58Oh, it's gonna lock me out. The key's in my pocket.
84. 3:00Here's the key by the way, double tap here to get in.
85. 3:04And this is way more leg room than a Model S.
86. 3:07This is a 6' 3" driving position,
87. 3:10and I've got plenty of space here.
88. 3:13Closing it behind you. And this is also very luxury.
89. 3:16Here's the switch to bring up,
90. 3:19when you see these shades,
91. 3:21I mean that's when you know.
92. 3:22that's when you're in for it good.
93. 3:24So, you've got HVAC controls back here that are really nice.
94. 3:27Here's one underneath the seat here for the foot well.
95. 3:30That's really nice.
96. 3:31You've got a screen here for a heated seat.
97. 3:34And these heat really fast, I noticed.
98. 3:36I'm a very big fan of these heated seats
99. 3:38and the climate controls.
100. 3:40Plus a little storage back here.
101. 3:41Like this is a nice back seat.
102. 3:43Here's the armrest, two cup holders.
103. 3:46Little bit more storage.
104. 3:47No wireless charger, but I'm okay with that.
105. 3:49And then access to the trunk.
106. 3:52Didn't know that was gonna be there,
107. 3:54but that's your pass through without putting the seats down
108. 3:56to get straight to the trunk.
109. 3:58And then these are just nice leather stitched seats
110. 4:01with really good material.
111. 4:02I'm a fan of the backseat experience.
112. 4:04But that's not why I get this car.
113. 4:06So lemme show you what they did.
114. 4:07They gave you all that backseat space
115. 4:10in the same amount of basically,
116. 4:12space between the wheels as a Tesla Model S.
117. 4:14And they did that by cutting into the trunk a little bit.
118. 4:18And they went, okay, we'll still give you a trunk,
119. 4:20but it's gonna be a little bit smaller
120. 4:23and a little bit less hatchback-y,
121. 4:25well less hatchback-y than a normal Model S trunk.
122. 4:28So, it is a good amount of space in here, as you can see.
123. 4:31Space up front behind the seat,
124. 4:33and sub-trunk space that you can fit a lot of stuff in.
125. 4:37But this opening right here is small.
126. 4:40This opening right here.
127. 4:42So, you technically have a lot of room
128. 4:43to like put a lot of stuff in this trunk if you want to.
129. 4:46But just, this is such a weird trunk opening.
130. 4:48I've never seen a trunk opening like this before.
131. 4:51And not large items, not,
132. 4:55not a lot of large things going in the trunk.
133. 4:57But that'll actually get me to the front truck,
134. 4:59because the front trunk is really nice on this.
135. 5:03So, here's how you get into the front trunk.
136. 5:05You long press on the key and it opens.
137. 5:09It's a power opening front trunk.
138. 5:11Big wide space and a ton of front trunk space.
139. 5:15Here is the sub trunk down below there.
140. 5:18That is massive. That is massive.
141. 5:22And so, this is, because it's powered
142. 5:23and actually super readily accessible,
143. 5:25I feel like people are gonna wanna
144. 5:27use this front trunk all the time.
145. 5:29And I actually do think
146. 5:29I will wanna use the front trunk all the time.
147. 5:31So, because they've made those motors tiny,
148. 5:34because they've made their parts really efficient,
149. 5:37kind of a small trunk, huge front trunk,
150. 5:41lots of rear leg room.
151. 5:42Actually they've even put,
152. 5:43in terms of buttons inside the car,
153. 5:46that's the front trunk button.
154. 5:47They don't even have a trunk button up here,
155. 5:49just the front trunk.
156. 5:50So I'm gonna be tempted to use that a lot.
157. 5:52Okay, back into the car.
158. 5:54I wanna talk about owning and driving this thing.
159. 5:56So, as long as I'm keeping the Tesla comparison going,
160. 5:57they've won the luxury and materials game.
161. 6:01They also have an incredible sound system in here.
162. 6:03I was listening to some TIDAL Hi-fi tracks
163. 6:06and some Dolby Atmos stuff in here.
164. 6:0821 speakers are surrounding me.
165. 6:10The instrumentals have this crazy separation.
166. 6:12A wide sound stage. It's amazing.
167. 6:14And also, it's just quieter in here.
168. 6:17Just great sealed windows, framed windows.
169. 6:20Nice sealing overall.
170. 6:21Driving and sitting still, it's very quiet in here.
171. 6:25But the one thing
172. 6:26that I would still give the advantage to
173. 6:28is Tesla has better software.
174. 6:30Now this is the 2.0 version
175. 6:31of the software that Lucid's built,
176. 6:33and it is much better than the previous.
177. 6:35So, basically you've got a huge screen up here.
178. 6:39This is not touch screen.
179. 6:40And then you've got another touch screen
180. 6:42over on the left hand side.
181. 6:43And I like this screen here. This does a lot of cool things.
182. 6:45First of all, you can long press or swipe up
183. 6:48and it gives you some hidden storage
184. 6:50behind the motorized screen.
185. 6:52That's cool to see.
186. 6:53And there's a bunch of other storage in the center console.
187. 6:55This can move around. It's kind of nice.
188. 6:57I don't mind that. You can close it.
189. 6:59You've got some dry wood. Overall, well done.
190. 7:02But then I get this screen back,
191. 7:04and I just wanna show you a couple quirks about the UI here.
192. 7:07So first of all, you've got these three modes,
193. 7:09Smooth mode, Swift mode,
194. 7:11which is a little bit of a sportier drive,
195. 7:13and then Sprint, which asks for a confirmation
196. 7:16every single time to use maximum power and torque.
197. 7:19Probably don't need that, but okay.
198. 7:22These are three different modes
199. 7:23that basically bundle together
200. 7:25a bunch of different things about the car.
201. 7:26The suspension softness, the steering weight,
202. 7:30how low the car is, how firm things are,
203. 7:32how, just how sporty everything feels,
204. 7:35it's just bundled into three buttons.
205. 7:37Super convenient. Really nice.
206. 7:39If you have a passenger, you just put it in Smooth mode.
207. 7:41Guaranteed fine every time.
208. 7:43And then if you wanna go to Sprint, hit Sprint, confirm.
209. 7:45But if there's a little bit more granularity that you want,
210. 7:48maybe you want swift acceleration
211. 7:50but still soft damping for the suspension,
212. 7:53you can't unpair any of that stuff.
213. 7:55I would really like to see that in the car this expensive.
214. 7:58And then I'm also very annoyed by the fact
215. 7:59that every time I get in the car it's in Smooth mode.
216. 8:03Every single time. It doesn't stay in Swift mode.
217. 8:05If I start it in Swift mode, it doesn't stay in Sprint mode.
218. 8:08Every time you get in the car it will be in Smooth mode,
219. 8:11and I was annoyed by that.
220. 8:12And then here's one more thing for you.
221. 8:14It's kind of got this cool continuity thing going on.
222. 8:16So, if I open maps for example,
223. 8:19it's, it's faster than it was before.
224. 8:21But there you go, you've got this swipe down
225. 8:22to bring up the map down here as well.
226. 8:25Now if I open music, the music shows up here,
227. 8:29and then if I swipe down here
228. 8:31that shows up with the music as well.
229. 8:33It's actually got this sort of a continuity thing going on.
230. 8:36So, if I pull that up, it pulls it up.
231. 8:39And if I pull this down, it's almost like they're connected.
232. 8:42Which is like really cool at first,
233. 8:45but that also means that I can't have maps up here
234. 8:49and music down here,
235. 8:51or music up here and maps down here.
236. 8:54They always, it's just paired together.
237. 8:56I would like to be able to, I don't,
238. 8:58I haven't found a way to be able to do this yet,
239. 8:59but I'd like to be able to separate those two.
240. 9:01But anyway, this is a luxurious car.
241. 9:03You can tell because there's about
242. 9:04750,000,000 different ways to adjust thigh support.
243. 9:10Like these, these are incredibly adjustable seats.
244. 9:12But then also they are massage seats.
245. 9:15So if you wanna run a quick massage
246. 9:17it will actually do that for you.
247. 9:19I almost never use massage seats in cars.
248. 9:21But you can kind of tell,
249. 9:22when you see a couple things like the window shades,
250. 9:25when you see the HVAC controls in the back, on the side,
251. 9:27when you see massage seats,
252. 9:29all those things are pretty good cues of a luxury feel,
253. 9:33or an intent for a luxury feel in a car.
254. 9:35So, this is nice.
255. 9:36And, shout out to the buttons right here.
256. 9:38This is a volume switch, or roller,
257. 9:41just for the volume knob.
258. 9:42Then this is also just temperature up and down
259. 9:45and fan speed up and down for HVAC.
260. 9:47Very simple. Things I'm going to adjust often.
261. 9:50Not on the touch screen.
262. 9:52The one thing that they did
263. 9:53to copy Tesla on the touch screen is the glove box button.
264. 9:57I don't know why they did that.
265. 9:59They could have put it up here with the hazard lights.
266. 10:01They just put lights and hazards up here.
267. 10:03But yeah, there's a glove box button to open this.
268. 10:06Probably the cheapest feeling part of the car.
269. 10:07The glove box, fine, fine.
270. 10:11But I think this is,
271. 10:12this is one of the more interesting cars
272. 10:15for the past few years.
273. 10:16I did initially get to see it in its prototype form
274. 10:19and it had this crazy like, executive backseat.
275. 10:22You could tell they were focusing on the luxury experience
276. 10:24at the expense of some other parts of the car,
277. 10:26and I think they succeeded
278. 10:27and it's really luxurious on the inside.
279. 10:30My hot take though, is that it's ugly.
280. 10:35Yeah, it's ugly. It is an ugly car.
281. 10:38I've, it's weird,
282. 10:39I've seen some other comments on the internet
283. 10:40of people saying, damn, Lucid's look nice.
284. 10:43And I've even, I've had some people come up
285. 10:45and like, ask about the car like, that looks nice.
286. 10:48And I kind of agree with some of it and disagree.
287. 10:52So, the Aero caps on the wheels, I think they look okay.
288. 10:56But I think the overall shape does still scream luxury.
289. 11:00And they've got this two-tone thing going on.
290. 11:02This is what Maybach did.
291. 11:03They've really made the two-one an obvious symbol of luxury.
292. 11:06You've got this nice Air Grand Touring badge on the back.
293. 11:10It looks like a luxury car,
294. 11:13but I don't like this shape at all.
295. 11:14This, this right here to me,
296. 11:17not that, not that good looking.
297. 11:19And so, you combine that, you can Stealth this out.
298. 11:21This is a $6,000 option.
299. 11:23If you take that away, it'll be black.
300. 11:26But it's always gonna be this shape.
301. 11:29I will say, I did look at the the Sapphire version
302. 11:32which is gonna ship in 2023,
303. 11:33which is the triple motor, Plaid killer,
304. 11:36with like faster acceleration
305. 11:38and carbon ceramic brakes and all that.
306. 11:40That one's got black wheels, no Aero caps, and the Stealth.
307. 11:43So it doesn't look two tone.
308. 11:44That one looks a lot better to me.
309. 11:46But, Andrew said from the front
310. 11:50it looks kind of like a whale shark. (snickering)
311. 11:53And I think because of this huge visor, I kind of agree.
312. 11:58It's a nice little squat, low, wide looking car.
313. 12:02And that's kind of like a whale shark's face.
314. 12:04It does have some pretty sweet lights.
315. 12:06At night you can see the light show
316. 12:07when you come up to the car
317. 12:09when you turn it on, when you turn it off.
318. 12:12And I do actually really like these air vents here.
319. 12:13These are functional pockets of air
320. 12:16that actually come through up, under, above the headlights.
321. 12:19So these are some pretty high tech headlights
322. 12:22to give you a really nice beam
323. 12:24and actually take air in and cool the brakes
324. 12:26and all that coming through here.
325. 12:27That's some more functional aero.
326. 12:29And then that's your daytime running light and blinker.
327. 12:34So, I like the lights.
328. 12:34And up at the front here is some radar and some cameras.
329. 12:38Good stuff.
330. 12:39But I'll just leave you with this,
331. 12:40I, you know, having lived with the car now for a week or so,
332. 12:44uh, electric cars are getting really interesting.
333. 12:46The fact that this car
334. 12:47beats the flagships in so many other things
335. 12:51is really impressive.
336. 12:53It does it at the expense of a trunk
337. 12:55and at the expense of expense, the cost.
338. 12:59Very expensive.
339. 13:00The Sapphire version, which will be faster than the Plaid,
340. 13:03and have carbon ceramic brakes and all that is $250,000.
341. 13:07So yeah, you can beat the big dogs,
342. 13:09but it'll be very expensive.
343. 13:11But yeah, everyone's gotta make a different decision
344. 13:13for their first electric car.
345. 13:15This one for Lucid is ultra-luxury sedan.
346. 13:19I think next they're going to do an SUV,
347. 13:21and then we'll see if they get around
348. 13:22to the cheaper stuff later.
349. 13:24But for now, Lucid's proving
350. 13:25you can just put a lot of money into the electricity and R&D
351. 13:26and make a nice car.
352. 13:31It's a nice car. All right, that's it.
353. 13:34Thanks for watching. Subscribe for more.
354. 13:36Get you in the next one. Peace.