For those complaining about Lucid repair times and cost

[gaskiller]

“And while I was upset to get the phone call, my rage subsided quickly when I saw the accident site photo. This didn’t look like a big deal at all. The rear bumper was scraped, and perhaps the parking sensor was damaged. The painted-over fender needed replacing, as did the HRE 522M wheel. I figured maybe $3000-4000 for the body work, another $4000 for the wheel, a couple of weeks in the shop, and that would be that.


Boy, was I wrong.


It would be 73 days, and it would cost my insurance company over $35,000 before I got my car back. ”





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“Why a Fender Bender in My Porsche Taycan Cost $35,000”

Matt Farah

Road & Track

Why a Fender Bender in My Porsche Taycan Cost $35,000 — Road & Track

A minor accident in my late-model EV nearly totaled it, and the battery pack was partly to blame.

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[Andrew@CCRC]

We are in process of trying to get Porsche certified right now, price list for tooling was at almost $500,000, almost 1.5 times more than Lucid, so no, I'm not surprised at all.

 

[Aka-none]

We are in process of trying to get Porsche certified right now, price list for tooling was at almost $500,000, almost 1.5 times more than Lucid, so no, I'm not surprised at all.

My wife spent her career in materials and I spent a short bit working beside an awesome designer. I believe I’ve mentioned that the tooling puts this out of range for most mom and pop franchises.

I think people may have a hard time picturing what happens to a monocoque vehicle once they are bent. I’ve had a my dice the 70’s and the one thing you learn is don’t bend them.

 

[Miami_Lucid_Man]

And this is another reason why, at this stage at least, I would never buy Lucids. As much as I love the car, I would absolutely only lease.

 

[Aka-none]

And this is another reason why, at this stage at least, I would never buy Lucids. As much as I love the car, I would absolutely only lease.

Uh you do realize that all rv’s and id venture all cars are built the same way. Trucks have frames but unless I’m mistaken today’s cars don’t.

If I’m wrong I apologize in advance

 

[Miami_Lucid_Man]

Uh you do realize that all rv’s and id venture all cars are built the same way. Trucks have frames but unless I’m mistaken today’s cars don’t.

If I’m wrong I apologize in advance

They might be but my point is in terms of lucid specifically the scarcity of replacement parts and locations to get repairs done when involved in an accident that may not even be your fault I would think it prudent to go the leasing route for now.

 

[TahoeMichael]

Uh you do realize that all rv’s and id venture all cars are built the same way. Trucks have frames but unless I’m mistaken today’s cars don’t.

If I’m wrong I apologize in advance

While there are some advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to building a vehicle, repairability can be done relatively poorly or well with any given design. Lucid's repairability isn't great right now, but as the OP notes, they're hardly the only manufacturer struggling with this. A bunch of auto companies focused on manufacturing cost, and gave short shift to repair in their design. I know people from Lucid have claimed the Cosmos will be better, and it'll be very interesting to see how that plays out.

Personally, I'm also in the lease-is-better-than-buy camp, and repair costs once out of warranty factor in to my thinking there (not the only factor, of course).

 

[illopp00]

All the modern expensive cars are like this with the way they are constructed and all the sensors and recalibration, Lucid, my friend's Model S was 20K for a front/side bumper when someone clipped him in an intersection, Porsche, MB, Cybertruck, BMW. Let's see how the body repair market evolves with all these new designs (like megacasting as well)