Lucid Air will get new interface with UX 2.0

Lucid on Thursday introduced its greatest software program replace for the Air because the sedan went on sale a 12 months in the past.

The replace brings Lucid’s person interface to model 2.0. What which means is tons of of small tweaks, like improved menu designs and faster automobile begin up, in addition to added performance.

“Lucid’s really revolutionary person interface turns into simpler to make use of and much more aesthetically stunning in every iteration, delivered seamlessly over-the-air to the automobile,” Derek Jenkins, Lucid’s senior vice chairman of design and model, stated in a press release.

The spotlight is the long-awaited introduction of Lucid’s driver-assist characteristic 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 watch issues, rating Lucid’s Freeway Help at Degree 2 on the SAE scale of self-driving functionality. Degree 3 is the primary degree the place the motive force is free to take their eyes off the street, albeit nonetheless inside sure circumstances.

One other key replace sees the automobile’s shows change on immediately, so the motive 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 primarily based on buyer suggestions. Now controls for fashionable features like navigation, telephone, and media, are simpler to succeed in, for instance. The turn-by-turn instructions for the navigation additionally now seem immediately forward of the motive force.

Different key adjustments embody a De-Ice Mode that makes use of the defrost perform 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.