Lucid Air, Gravity EVs Get a Much-Needed Map Update

Lucid has long struggled with the homemade navigation system in its EVs. With the Gravity SUV now selling in larger numbers, the California-based car startup is working on improving the software user experience in its luxury cars.

At CES on Monday, mapping company HERE announced a new partnership with Lucid detailing how its location technology aims to improve basic navigation, route planning, and advanced driving features in the EV maker’s two-vehicle lineup, which features the Air sedan and Gravity SUV. Both Lucid models display the UX 3.0 digital cockpit.

The simplest fix is EV routing. Tesla owners will be quite familiar with this experience and take for granted the calculations of range, road conditions, and battery state for route planning and charging stops. HERE says it will also incorporate charging type (fast or the slower Level 2) into route and charging planning. 

For advanced driving features, better mapping means better location data. Lucid’s DreamDrive system is a hands-free driving assistant that can be used on certain highways to make automatic lane changes. Using HERE’s mapping software will add improved location info to help with adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane departures, and other highway driving warnings.

HERE also feeds data to Lucid’s Intelligent Speed Assistance feature, which shows speed limits in real-time. 

A Lucid Gravity with its updated navigation features is on display at the show. 

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