Lucid Motors is set to roll out a software program replace on July 30 that can allow hands-free freeway driving on its Air sedans, a significant step ahead for the corporate’s superior driver help system.
The rollout will put Lucid Motors on a brief listing of firms which have made hands-free driving potential in the USA. Ford has a system referred to as BlueCruise, Normal Motors has Tremendous Cruise, and Mercedes-Benz has Drive Pilot, though it’s not as broadly out there. In the fitting circumstances and in vehicles outfitted with an in-cabin digicam, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) can even be used hands-free.
Lucid says the hands-free replace is just coming to the Air sedans for now, with an replace rolling out to homeowners of the brand new Gravity SUV slated for later this yr. (The corporate has barely began delivery Gravity SUVs anyway, with Cox Automotive reporting this week that solely 5 had been delivered within the second quarter.) The system can be solely out there to prospects who purchased an Air outfitted with the $2,500 “Dream Drive Professional” package deal, which features a “complete suite of 32 sensors” that features lidar, radar, cameras, and ultrasonics.
The corporate declined to say what number of prospects have bought the Dream Drive Professional package deal so far. Lucid has delivered round 20,000 vehicles since 2021.
Drivers should preserve their eyes on the highway forward and be able to take over at any second, very similar to the competing driver help methods. Lucid says this shall be performed with a camera-based system within the automobile that sits on high of the steering column. They’ll additionally solely be capable to use the hands-free system on “suitable” divided highways. TechCrunch has requested for extra specifics and can replace this story when Lucid offers them.
