Lucid’s Gravity SUV gets hands-free highway driving in its latest over-the-air update

Lucid has begun rolling out UX 3.6, an over-the-air software update that adds hands-free highway driving to the Gravity SUV. The update is available now in the United States and Canada, but only for vehicles equipped with DreamDrive Pro 2, an optional hardware package that is not standard on all Gravity trims.

Hands-Free Drive Assist takes over steering, braking, and acceleration on certain highways while the driver supervises. It also includes automated lane changing: drivers can initiate a pass by signalling, or let the system decide when to move around slower traffic.

How it works

The system uses Lucid’s in-house sensor suite and driver monitoring camera to maintain hands-free control within mapped highway corridors. The driver must remain attentive, and the car will escalate warnings if it detects the driver looking away for too long.

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This places Lucid in the same category as GM’s Super Cruise, Ford’s BlueCruise, and Mercedes’ Drive Pilot for supervised hands-free highway driving. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving, by contrast, still requires hands on the wheel in most configurations.

Other features in UX 3.6

The update adds adaptive high beams that detect oncoming traffic and selectively dim individual sections of the beam to avoid blinding other drivers. The navigation system now integrates Google Maps point-of-interest data, showing reviews, photos, and business details directly on the in-car display.

A new Advanced Preconditioning View displays the battery’s temperature relative to its optimal charging window. The screen predicts peak DC charging power based on the vehicle’s current state, giving drivers a real-time estimate of how fast they can charge at the next stop.

Why it matters

Hands-free driving is becoming a baseline expectation for premium EVs, not a differentiator. Lucid delivering it via OTA update, rather than requiring a hardware retrofit, demonstrates the advantage of the software-defined vehicle model that Tesla pioneered.

The Gravity launched in late 2025 as Lucid’s second model, an SUV positioned against the BMW iX, Mercedes EQS SUV, and Rivian R1S. Lucid has struggled with production volume, but the thinning EV field may work in its favour as competitors pull back or discontinue models.

Lucid’s claims are based on its own announcement, and no independent testing of the hands-free system has been published. The feature works only on mapped highway corridors, and specific coverage maps have not been released.

International availability for UX 3.6 has not been announced. Lucid said it will share details separately for markets outside North America.