Hmp10
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Interesting. Lucid was also teasing electrochromic glass for the upcoming Air sedan. The alpha cars even had a switch for dimming it above the rearview mirror. But Lucid dropped it, too, during development.Talked to a rep via chat today and they said the electro-chromatic glass was canceled.
Electrochromic film is fairly rigid and it has no fade-out from tinted to untinted areas. Lucid will have a glass canopy with a single sheet of glass that runs from the B-pillar all the way down to the hood, which mean a significant bend near the sun visors. Also, there was no clean way to end the electrochromic film above the windshield without a very visible line showing.
Rivian, on the other hand, has a fairly flat roof with the glass area framed on all four sides. So neither excessive bending nor a termination line should have been issues. I wonder why they dropped it as an option. I know it would have been pricey (the smallish rear seat electrochromic roof panel in a Mercedes is a $5K option), but there are usually plenty of customers who will pay for such a feature.
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