Lucid will add hands-free driving options later this month<p>Lucid is about to roll out its first hands-free features. On July 30, <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lucids-most-affordable-air-ev-still-has-a-projected-410-mile-range-183806231.html">Lucid Air sedan[/url] owners with the DreamDrive Pro add-on will get automated drive assist and lane-change features. If you have a Gravity SUV you'll have to wait until later this year.</p>
<p>The features will arrive via an OTA update for vehicles with <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lucid-air-dreamdrive-semi-autonomous-features-160026944.html">DreamDrive Pro hardware[/url]. The optional add-on has 32 sensors, including LiDAR, radar, ultrasonic sensors and cameras. DreamDrive Pro already supports semi-autonomous features like lane change assist and curve control.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The new drive assist and lane-change features take the automation further, letting you go hands-free. (Your eyes will still need to be on the road, of course). The features will only work on compatible divided highways.</p>
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<p>Lucid joins a growing pack of EV makers with hands-free options. It's a list that now stretches far beyond <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/nhtsa-concludes-tesla-autopilot-investigation-after-linking-the-system-to-14-deaths-161941746.html">Tesla's Autopilot[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/tesla-blows-past-stopped-school-bus-and-hits-kid-sized-dummies-in-full-self-driving-tests-183756251.html">Full-Self-Driving[/url]. <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/rivians-latest-update-offers-hands-free-highway-driving-201926973.html">Rivian[/url], <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gm-expanded-hands-free-super-cruise-network-first-vehicles-192942945.html">GM[/url], <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ford-updates-its-blue-cruise-driver-assist-with-hands-free-lane-changing-and-more-204022978.html">Ford[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2019-05-16-nissan-skyline-propilot-2-driver-assist.html">Nissan[/url] each have automated options.</p>
<p>As for Lucid, it's been a rocky ride lately, reflecting the industry's broader turbulence. It had two rounds of layoffs, <a data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lucid-motors-cuts-six-percent-of-its-workforce-ahead-of-ev-suv-launch-152746970.html">cutting 400 people[/url] last year after <a data-i13n="cpos:10;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lucid-motors-is-laying-off-1300-workers-to-reduce-expenses-090908953.html">reducing its workforce by 1,300[/url] in 2023. On the bright side, its <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:11;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a63133880/2025-lucid-gravity-grand-touring-prototype-drive/">Gravity SUV[/url] has had a positive reception. (It's rolling out now, joining the Air sedan in the lineup.) Lucid is also expanding its real estate. Earlier this year, the automaker <a data-i13n="cpos:12;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/lucid-to-buy-nikolas-arizona-ev-facilities-after-the-latters-bankruptcy-123027329.html">acquired an Arizona plant[/url] previously owned by <a data-i13n="cpos:13;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/ev-truck-maker-nikola-has-finally-called-it-quits-172516625.html">the bankrupt Nikola[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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