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Lucid joins Tesla and GM with hands-free highway driving

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Fox News host Lara Trump gets a front-row seat to the Tesla Gigafactory in Texas to watch vehicles get assembled on'My View with Lara Trump.' Lucid Motors is about to make highway driving a lot more relaxing. The electric vehicle startup is rolling out a major upgrade to its driver-assistance technology, placing it squarely alongside Tesla and GM in the growing hands-free driving market. WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? The update launches first for the Lucid Air sedan, with the upcoming Gravity SUV getting these features later this year. DreamDrive Pro combines advanced hardware and intelligent software to power Lucid's driver-assistance system.


Lucid Motors will use Nvidia's auto-grade chips to power autonomous driving

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Lucid Motors will use Nvidia's auto-grade computer chips in its vehicles to enable advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving features, the companies announced Tuesday. The automaker's current and future lineup will be built on Nvidia's end-to-end Drive Hyperion platform. Hyperion is the latest iteration of Nvidia's Drive platform that allows automakers to customize their own driving features. This new hardware will form the basis for a new suite of driving features, including advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), automated parking, and autonomous driving, the companies said. Lucid released its first EV, the Lucid Air, last year and is already working on a follow-up: a long-range electric SUV code-named Project Gravity.


Lucid Motors' first EV will come with LIDAR driving assistance as standard

Engadget

Lucid may not have been able to unveil the production version of its luxury electric sedan just yet, but it's hoping some explanation of its features will get your appetite whetted. Today, the company is teasing the various Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), uh, systems, that'll feature in the Lucid Air. The ADAS platform has been dubbed "DreamDrive," which includes 32 sensors, including camera and radar, plus those monitoring the driver. Of more importance to us, and fans of self-driving cars, is the inclusion of LIDAR as standard, which Lucid will make the car "future-proofed." The company says that when the Air launches, it'll come with 19 of a planned list of 27 ADAS goodies, with the remaining eight coming over-the-air.


Sorry Tesla, but the Lucid Air is way more luxurious and spacious

Mashable

Newcomer Lucid Motors has generated quite the buzz since it announced its Air electric car late last year. The California-based company's EV, which also has an autonomous driving system, has been billed by many as a Tesla "killer" that's more high tech and luxurious than the Model S. I got a chance to sit -- unfortunately, I didn't get to drive or even ride in one on the streets -- in the Air at the New York Auto Show and I have to say, it felt more like being in a private jet or in a first-class plane cabin than in a road vehicle. I should preface this "first look" at the Air by telling you that I sat in a near fully-loaded Lucid Air -- that's the more expensive model that'll cost over $100,000 and comes with all the bells and whistles, like a 1,000-horsepower all-wheel drive twin-motor, 400-mile range battery, panoramic glass canopy, leather trims, 21-inch wheels, 29-speaker audio system, two "executive" rear seats that recline up to 55-degrees, and friggin' massage built into the front seats. While the base Air will cost $52,500 (after federal tax credits), it'll still come with some formidable specs, including a 400-horsepower rear-wheel drive single motor and 240-mile range battery. The base Air's got a few downgrades -- an aluminum roof instead of glass, the back seats don't recline, the wheels are smaller 19-inch ones, and the sound system's only got 10 speakers -- but I'm told it'll still be pretty roomy.