If the Lucid Gravity had sliding doors, it would have been an instant buy. That was my reaction the moment I climbed in at EV Fest 2026. Joe echoed it right back.
I found Joe parked up in his graphite gray Lucid Gravity Grand Touring, somewhere in the $115K-$120K range depending on how you spec it. He picked this up year-end on a good deal, and it replaced the Acura MDX as the family vehicle. The MDX is still around, still doing 12-13 miles per gallon as his work commute car. But for road trips and weekends with the kids in sports, the Gravity is the answer now.
Worth knowing: Joe had a Cybertruck Foundation Series before this. AWD dual motor. He was one of those people who stuck with FSD from the early sketchy versions all the way through until it actually got good. When he talks about Dream Drive, he has a frame of reference most Lucid owners probably don’t.
What Grand Touring Gets You
Joe locked in on the Grand Touring specifically for range. The Gravity’s largest battery charges to the high 400s at 100%, and the plan is a long family road trip this summer to finally stress-test that. They’ve only had the car a few months.
The trim they chose was Dream Drive Pro, the second-highest tier. The top package adds LiDAR and a comfort upgrade with better sound insulation and temperature regulation. There’s also a tech package that includes ambient LED strips and rear-wheel steering. Joe passed on those to stay focused on range. Priorities.
The NACS situation is already sorted. The Gravity comes NACS, so the Tesla Supercharger cable they already owned from Cybertruck days just works. That makes the charging network question a lot easier to answer.
Dream Drive vs. Tesla FSD
This is the conversation I actually came for. Joe gave it to me straight.
Dream Drive Pro is hands-free. One button on the steering wheel activates it, it handles highway lanes, and it stops at red lights. He tested it on surface streets last week. It works.
But end-to-end navigation from a parking spot all the way to your destination? That’s not what Dream Drive does, at least not yet. Joe said he hasn’t fully explored its limits since this is his wife’s car and he doesn’t get behind the wheel that often. But the ceiling feels lower than what he got used to with Tesla.
He also noticed there’s no feedback loop. With Tesla FSD, when you took over manually, you’d get a prompt asking why. Joe always used that. He wanted to help the system improve. Lucid doesn’t have anything like that.
Software updates have come roughly every six weeks since they got the car in December. Two major ones, one minor update just last week. Joe reads the release notes but said nothing significant stood out recently.
His bottom line: he’s still planning to go back to Tesla. FSD has set the bar high enough that he can feel the gap from here.
The Interior Is Genuinely Good
The curved dual-screen setup in the Gravity is hard to dismiss. A wide upper display handles infotainment, and a lower panel covers climate controls. Physical buttons exist alongside the touchscreen. More cars should do this.
The floating sun visors on the panoramic roof have no visible suction cups or hardware. They just stay put. Joe mentioned the roof shade concept is similar to the Model X in spirit but different in execution. The air suspension delivers a noticeably smoother ride than the Model X loaners he drove during Cybertruck service visits, and yes, the Gravity has off-road capability too.
Here’s the NACS port, with the GRAVITY badge right there on the door.
Joe pulled out the key fob at the end. A physical key fob. I had forgotten those still existed at this price point.
EV Fest Keeps Delivering
Every time I show up to EV Fest, the floor plan tells a story about where EVs are right now. Joe’s Gravity was a few rows from Anwar’s fully built-out Cybertruck. Different philosophies, different price brackets, both owners equally fired up about what they chose. That’s the event.
If you want the longer view on how EV Fest has grown, the 2024 recap covers where it started.
Lucid is building something real with the Gravity. Dream Drive is not Tesla FSD, and the person who owned a Cybertruck Foundation Series and used FSD through its rough early patches will tell you that himself. But the range numbers, the ride quality, the NACS compatibility, and the overall polish make it a legitimate contender for the right buyer.
And if they ever add sliding doors, Joe’s wife is going to have company in that opinion.
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