Recent content by Northpointe

I’m speculating that Lucid would prefer not having to move vehicles across country. While customers may be willing to pay transportation costs the expense becomes another negotiating point on what are discounted vehicles. The company is trying to manage cash and cost and this is likely an...

FWIW the initial invite was extended to Air owners and references Air software which suggests it is UX3 related. I have no qualms in the way it was done either.

Presumably if there was more to share it would come from Lucid not the participants. As owners we should consider the company's willingness to share this information, even with a limited audience, to be very positive.

BMW is giving people what they want. Being better on paper doesn’t matter if it doesn’t translate to sales. Buyers are likely going to be indifferent when it comes to the platform a vehicle is built on. BMW is leaning into the familiarity and brand loyalty customers have with the X3 and X5...

The question of whether a one car is better than the other is subjective and depends on the use case and expectations of the buyer. One of the reasons that Lucid struggles with service availability is build quality. Service centers are often doing QC work that should be addressed at the...

In the words of Tom Moloughney at State of Charge, you can go fast or you can go far, but you can’t do both.

The Southfield employees are employed by Lucid and openings for Customer Care Specialists are posted on their website. I suspect that the shift in call centers from Newark to Southfield was driven by payroll/benefits as the open positions have an hourly rate of $21-25 per hour.

I think it's a little of both. The continuum of robotaxis runs from the Jaguar/Waymo partnership where Jaguar did little more than provide the vehicle and Waymo did the rest, to the Cybercab model where the vehicle is designed by Tesla from the ground up. The Lucid/Nuro partnership appears to...

I had my Air in service in Scottsdale in May for some minor trim issues. It was about a month to book the appointment and they had the car for about 3 weeks. I suspect the repairs were completed in a matter of hours. They were transparent through the entire process and did provide weekly...

Short term strategy is to convert inventory to cash. Discounts accomplish that objective. Hopefully that cash is then put into customer service. For all the money that has poured into Lucid, it appears to me that cap ex has been the priority over op ex. We've seen factories built and new...

I paid $4,500 to replace an AC compressor on a 5 year old BMW a couple of years ago. Luxury cars are expensive to maintain outside of warranty.

Other than the items you already noted, the biggest difference is likely in how the 2025’s are optioned. The 2022/23 models were typically fully optioned whereas the 2025 may or may not be. The biggest things that may be missing are dream drive pro and/or surreal sound pro. And obviously the...

The likelihood of the company settling a dispute is lessened each time you disparage them. Your attorney should be advising you of this. If you have a pending lawsuit you would be well advised to let the legal proceeding play out in court without commenting on the underlying dispute or issues...

Don't know. And we obviously don't know how the facts or law are laid out in this case. We've only heard one take and have no way of determining if it's accurate or objective. What's clear is that you'll never get a satisfactory result by making your case here.

Particularly one where an arbitrator ruled in favor of the company. But he now has two choices. He can argue his case in a court of law or air his grievances in the court of public opinion. He's obviously chosen to do the later.