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Lucid's new all-electric Gravity SUV is a sustainability champion (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lucid's new all-electric Gravity SUV is a sustainability champion::Lucid's design team has taken care to give customers environmentally friendly options for interior materials.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 74 points 10 months ago (2 children)

SUV

sustainability champion

Choose one.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

I give you vegan leather

Did we tell you that Saudis have invested $3B in Lucid? Yeah, the same regime that keeps kneecapping environmental protections.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Also if that picture is from said SUV, I'm having a hard time figuring out how a set of good old mechanical gauges is less sustainable than screens

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 62 points 10 months ago

Being an SUV, it'll weigh 50% more than necessary. That outweighs almost any other sustainability considerations.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago

Stupid fucking touchscreens.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Does everyone really want the entire dash covered in screens? Is that really what everyone wants? I really dislike where car design is going. But I like buttons and dials so maybe I'm just old and dumb or something.

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 14 points 10 months ago

We're dinosaurs, not long meant for this world. We had our time, friend.

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Soon people will forget where the concept of a "radio button" came from and why

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

There was a study not long ago saying that customers were tired of all the gadgets and electronics bloat in automobiles. VW actually came out and announced they’re going back to physical buttons for things due to popular demand.

I want real gauges and buttons and knobs as well. I’m not a fan of massive screens and no tactile feedback.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

IDK about everyone, but personally I love the screen based interface style that car-design is trending towards.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I’m with you. The screens are nice to have as a display, usable for entertainment when stuck in the car waiting for someone, but touchscreen is so much harder to control, especially while driving. Not to mention it just looks dumb with only screen. And what about the brightness? One thing I really love is cool interior light design in cars. The early-to-mid VWs had great design, all blue and orange. It was cool as fuck. Now I just have a big bright screen? Hell no. Give me physical buttons that I can feel for without taking my eyes off the road.

At this point it just seems like the auto industry is going tits up. I’ll never buy a new car with everything I’m hearing about their shittiness. But I was avoiding having to ever have a car again, if possible.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I miss knobs.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

and levers.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Who is Lucid's CEO ?

I'd rather not have a repeat of elon musk

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s insane how much damage Musk has done to his own companies.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did I miss the numbers in the article?

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

you're right. apparently the article was referring to the sustainability of the interior materials. that makes the title misleading.

[–] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Wow, that is a surprisingly ugly interior

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’d love to go electric but most of the electric vehicles I’ve seen are a) luxury and b) small. Like I want something large that can pull a trailer and haul my kayaks/bikes/skis/tools/etc.

So an actual SUV (not a small suv like Tesla X) sounds great, but all this luxury shit is a big turnoff for me. It’s going to get beat to hell, and I don’t want to worry about fixing all this electronic shit like pop out door handles. I don’t even want power windows or AC.

[–] hefty4871@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

What gas car can you even get without power windows?