Engineering Explained. This is bad.

I think he has some sort of computer or wiring issue, seems to be too many random glitches.... although some are not software related usability. My use case was the same where my wife and I shared the car and did the profile switching, although we are much closer in height and I could easily drive on her profile for short distances.
 
It's been bad, this isn't news. There have been people around here (me included) that have been saying similar things for a couple of years but it's usually greeted with "don't know what you're talking about, mine is flawless and Lucid is the best car I've ever owned". Lucid hasn't taken the UI serious since the start and still aren't with the Gravity.
 
It's been bad, this isn't news. There have been people around here (me included) that have been saying similar things for a couple of years but it's usually greeted with "don't know what you're talking about, mine is flawless and Lucid is the best car I've ever owned". Lucid hasn't taken the UI serious since the start and still aren't with the Gravity.
It almost seems like Lucid has no interest in fixing this stuff. Always fight for best driving Best range but not best overall experience which includes software 😂
 
I have very mixed feelings about this review and video. I have had probably 75% of the same problems that he identified. I don't have carplay and don't switch driver profiles. So, those were non issues for me. Also, I don't parallel park so I don't use the auto tilt mirror. But, as he was discussing those other items, I found myself smiling and even laughing as his comments and obvious frustration validated many of my feelings and complaints over the last several years. Things like the dumb placement of the driver monitoring camera, the inaccurate speed limit display, the frunk opening issue, and the car not locking as I walked away are several of the issues that I have had and have reported here and to lucid. Many of them have improved for me and or are resolved. But, as I'm sure many of you agree, those here who have not experienced these issues have occasionally downplayed them towards those of us who have had these issues and even explained them away saying that it's user error. Well, now, from a very reputable source, everyone can see that these issues are indeed real and are indeed very frustrating. So, on the one hand, as I said, I feel validated.

However, I'm also a shareholder. I truly want this company to succeed. I wouldn't have purchased this expensive of a vehicle if I didn't believe in their potential (my previous vehicle was a CX-5). But potential only sells so many cars. This is certainly bad publicity for the company and there's a good chance it will hurt future sales and the stock price. My only hope is that Lucid will redeploy assets in response to this constructive criticism and address these shortcomings in short order to improve their overall product.

Am I alone in these positions?
 
The real issue is that the percentage of a car that’s “just software” is growing exponentially. In my memory we went from no software to software in the ECU to software in the nav system to apple car play to software driving the car. A company in this space that can’t get software right is toast. Unclear what’s broken at Lucid for this to be reality four years after release, but something’s not right, and frankly this was the number one reason I didn’t take delivery of a Gravity.
 
I couldn't get through the vid. Sorry but the whining about minor stuff got to me. You have to push the charging door firmly to get it to open? Tragic! The cup holders hang on too tightly? Horrific! (Admittedly I have a low tolerance for complaining.)

I know some of you have significant problems with the car, and I feel badly for you. But to say that everyone has this problems isn't close to being accurate.

Like I said, some people aren't bothered by anything, and others are bothered by everything.
 
I'm not sure how much they are paying Timothee but that money should have gone to hiring/poaching a few *excellent* software programmers to analyze and fix those issues.

I still haven't heard the temp CEO talk about a software focus (beyond the recent Level 4 vaporware). Do the C-suite people at Lucid and software developers actually drive the car (or own one)?
 
Lucid hasn't taken the UI serious since the start and still aren't with the Gravity.

I think Lucid takes it seriously, at least by now. But I think they have a problem (or an assortment of problems) in fixing it. This could include not being able to recruit the right talent given how deep a hole they're in, financial constraints, etc.

It may also be something as basic as executives who don't know enough about software to know what a good candidate looks like for fixing this problem.

It may sound too silly to be the case, but I've seen companies hire the wrong person time and again because the hiring manager did not understand the discipline he was trying to staff. I think this was part of Peter Rawlinson's blindspot when it came to UI software. And it's very worrisome that it still might not be addressed as the senior old guard (Rawlinson and now Bach) depart.
 
I couldn't get through the vid. Sorry but the whining about minor stuff got to me. You have to push the charging door firmly to get it to open? Tragic! The cup holders hang on too tightly? Horrific! (Admittedly I have a low tolerance for complaining.)

I know some of you have significant problems with the car, and I feel badly for you. But to say that everyone has this problems isn't close to being accurate.

Like I said, some people aren't bothered by anything, and others are bothered by everything.
This guy had a glowing review of Lucid 3 months ago. I have friends that were considering buying one based on his previous review.
 
I think Lucid takes it seriously, at least by now. But I think they have a problem (or an assortment of problems) in fixing it. This could include not being able to recruit the right talent given how deep a hole they're in, financial constraints, etc.

It may also be something as basic as executives who don't know enough about software to know what a good candidate looks like for fixing this problem.

It may sound too silly to be the case, but I've seen companies hire the wrong person time and again because the hiring manager did not understand the discipline he was trying to staff. I think this was part of Peter Rawlinson's blindspot when it came to UI software. And it's very worrisome that it still might not be addressed as the senior old guard (Rawlinson and now Bach) depart.
They need some *young* ambitious and talented people to take the metaphorical wheel in the software division. Honestly, they probably only need a few people... But the right people. They also likely need to have one unified stack for all their vehicles going forward. They can't afford to start at software beta version 0.9 with the launch of the midsize and reinvent the wheel again.
 
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