I think most of us should realize that we are regression testers. Not beta but definitely regression testers. If any early lucid buyers don't realize that I would feel sorry for their life expectations. That said, physical car and software are 2 very different animals. As someone very much involved in software I know the process well. There are companies (large ones not dinky ones) that you would think knows the software roll out process but are shockingly bad at it. Bad decisions are almost always driven by upper mgmt with no software experience demanding a rollout so developers say ok all these bugs are being delivered with the next package because the senior president said roll it out next Friday or else. With all of that said, I have been watching Lucids update rollout like a hawk both as a GT reserver and LCID investor. I am so impressed by them atm. Very high faith in their products because they are clearly following long standing best practices and mgmt from upper to mid tier understands it.
I wouldn't want the physical part of the car to be 90% complete it should be 99% and I think so far lucid has met that. Software should be 95% in terms of the safety portion and 85% in the initial functionality. No company in the world can deliver full package software at 90% in version 1.0 its just impossible because of combinations of real world factors, resource limits including lack of good engineers, testers and project managers. Personally, for a$140k car I welcome the beef stew approach slow and methodic.
Can you give examples of how Lucid has followed best practices? I’m very curious about what they’re doing right, as we’ve seen plenty of examples of what’s gone wrong.