- Lucid has launched a brand new software program model for the Air luxurious electrical sedan.
- Lucid UX 2.4 brings 3D three-lane visualization to the automotive’s digital gauge cluster.
- Amazon Alexa is changed by Lucid Assistant because the in-car voice assistant.
The Lucid Air all-electric luxurious sedan is getting new options with the newest model of the Lucid UX software program, which is already being despatched out to automobiles in the US as an over-the-air replace.
Lucid UX 2.4 provides 3D lane visualization, curve management and Lane Change Help for automobiles which have the non-compulsory DreamDrive Professional superior driver help system (ADAS). The three-dimensional lane visualization is just like what Tesla presents in its in-car software program. When driving on the freeway, the automotive exhibits a real-time illustration of the visitors in its lane, in addition to the 2 lanes subsequent to it on the middle display, along with details about the velocity restrict and what driving assistants are enabled.
Curve management is built-in into the adaptive cruise management system and in easy phrases implies that the automotive robotically adjusts its velocity when driving on winding roads and doesn’t merely hold the set velocity regardless of the highway format.
One other new function is known as Driver-Initiated Lane Change Help. As its identify suggests, the automotive can change lanes on the freeway however solely after the motive force lengthy presses the flip sign and retains their palms on the steering wheel. The corporate’s Freeway Help system can now even be engaged on curves because of the addition of high-definition maps that present extra detailed data on HOV lanes, exit situations and lane merges and splits.
The newest software program replace additionally provides one thing referred to as Prolonged Cease and Go, which implies the automotive will resume touring in heavy stop-and-go visitors even after lengthy stops, however provided that the motive force is trying forward. Furthermore, drivers can now use wi-fi Apple CarPlay on the Lucid Air’s instrument cluster, not simply on the middle display.
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Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant might be eliminated with Lucid UX 2.4. As a replacement, a brand new hands-free voice assistant referred to as Lucid Assistant will be capable to management the navigation and audio techniques, change the local weather management and activate the heated seats by way of voice instructions. The assistant wakes up when the motive force says “Hey Lucid!” or after urgent the microphone button on the steering wheel.
With the newest software program replace, the Lucid Cellular App now connects to the automotive a lot sooner than earlier than, in keeping with the automaker.
Lucid says that the Air’s security suite and its ADAS options don’t make it self-driving and that the motive force ought to at all times be attentive and never depend on the automotive’s sensors fully to keep away from accidents.