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More from Bank of America's downgrade: In addition to leading the company, Peter Rawlinson was largely responsible for assembling the Lucid team, which may increase the likelihood of additional departures. We note that LCID in prior public filings stated that Rawlinson was a key member, and...

Bank of America with a downgrade this morning. LUCID MOTORS $LCID downgraded to 'Underperform' (from Neutral) at Bank of America, with a $1.00 price-target (from $3.00): "Lucid’s (LCID) founder, CEO, and CTO, Peter Rawlinson is much more consequential than understood by the market. He was...

Lucid software is a mess. You can see the signs everywhere, not just with the lack of Android Auto. Android Auto could have been implemented many months ago if Lucid so desired. I received an independent survey rating Lucid. I rated the company poorly because the company has ignored the Android...

A simple message from Lucid is all it takes to keep customers satisfied. Something like this: "Still waiting Android Auto approval from Google. We are in contact with Google, and we expect approval within 30 days, and we will release our software version with Android Auto included shortly...

The lack of official communication from Lucid about what is going on with this important update is frustrating. Once again Lucid is failing in its communications with its most important advocates, its customers. We can only guess there are issues with this update that are preventing widespread...

☝️This is the way. Lucid made many initial vehicle software design decisions that are very questionable at best, laughably bad at worst. Lucid's home grown, Frankenstein build of Nvidia Drive, Alexa voice assistant, Here Maps, Apple Carplay, and apps developed on their own was bound from the...

The bug that was described to me is a specific issue with the latest version of Android Auto. The latest version of Android Auto has recently been released in the last few weeks. It means that Lucid development is actively working on it if they have found a bug with the latest releae. It...

I can only relay what the Lucid rep told me. The ETA in the third or fourth quarter was a direct quote from him. The details of the bug in Android Auto being worked by Lucid development that was described to me is promising. This information was volunteered to me on a proactive call from Lucid...

The Tidal app seems to have a lot more details than the Tidal website. --- What changes are coming to TIDAL subscriptions on April 10, 2024? We're updating our pricing for TIDAL globally. Starting April 10, 2024, subscribers will be able to access all our current streaming features, including...

Lucid reached out to me this morning as a result of my recently completed survey. In my survey, I mentioned I was disappointed with the lack of Android Auto. The representative assured me the development team was working on Android Auto. The ETA was the third or fourth quarter. He told me to...

I can guarantee you there are plenty of people worldwide who have Android phones that can afford a Lucid vehicle today. And some won't buy a Lucid without tight Android phone integration. It will get even worse for Lucid without tight Android phone integration as Lucid introduces lower priced...

Android mobile phone users dominate market share outside the U.S. Approximately 70-80% of mobile phone users use Android worldwide. In order for Lucid to get any market share outside the U.S., those IPhone using Lucid employees are going to have to embrace Android. Either that, or watch their...

Lucid had, and still has, a good opportunity to take advantage of AAOS/GAS on the driver panel, and do their own customization on the lower panel. This would give them the best of both worlds. All the advantages of AAOS/GAS, along with highly customized, elegant looking software of their own...

Most auto manufacturers shouldn't even try to keep up with Google/Android in terms of developing their own vehicle infotainment, navigation software. They will never catch up in terms of software options, features, and software quality offered by Google and the multitude of other developers in...

Well, if they want to sell more of the Gravity, than adding Android Auto should very high on the software development priority list. I won't buy another Lucid product without tight Android phone integration. And I know I am not the only one. I feel deceived by Lucid's early indications of...