Lucid Motors told EV on Wednesday that the third-quarter timeline for hands-free driving on the Gravity SUV — which appeared on the company’s 2027 model-year configurator and was reported by EV earlier today — was incorrect.
“The configurator was incorrect. We apologize for this error. This has now been corrected. We remain on track to deliver HFDA for Gravity in NA in Q2 as stated at our Investor Day,” Lucid clarified.
The company has since updated the configurator to reflect a second-quarter date for Hands-Free Drive Assist, Traffic Light Detection, and Automated Lane Change — all three of which had been listed as “Available Q3 2026” when the discrepancy was first spotted by a user in the LucidOwners forum.
The correction aligns the configurator with the timeline Lucid presented at its March 12 Investor Day.
However, interim CEO Marc Winterhoff gave a more aggressive commitment five days later at Bank of America’s Global Automotive Summit on March 17, telling attendees that hands-free highway driving for the Gravity was “a few weeks” away.
“We are right now at what we call L2+, which basically means hands-free driving in the Air, and in a few weeks from now, also in the Gravity,” Winterhoff said at the event.
Three weeks have passed since that statement. The feature has not been deployed, and Lucid‘s corrected configurator now points to later this quarter.
The Air sedan received Hands-Free Drive Assist and Hands-Free Lane Change Assist in mid-2025, with Lucid promising at the time that Gravity owners would receive the same capability later that year.
VP of Communications Nick Twork acknowledged in January that the company had prioritised other software updates.
The hands-free system requires the optional DreamDrive 2 Pro upgrade, priced at $6,750 and available from the Touring trim upward.
Customer deliveries began last year with software the company later acknowledged was not ready for production.
Owners reported frozen screens, key fob failures, navigation malfunctions, and climate control glitches in the months that followed.
A 4,476-unit recall over improperly welded seat belt anchors — attributed to supplier Camaco Automotive — further disrupted the model’s deliveries in the first quarter of the year for 29 days.
The hands-free system requires the optional DreamDrive 2 Pro upgrade, priced at $6,750 and available from the Touring trim upward.
The system uses 32 sensors — including LiDAR, radar, cameras, and ultrasonics — and enables driver-initiated lane changes via the turn signal stalk on compatible divided highways.
At its March 12 Investor Day, Lucid said it would launch tiered DreamDrive Pro subscriptions in the first half of 2027, priced between $69 and $199 per month depending on the autonomy level.
