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Gravity Delivery Discussion

hmp10 said:
I think someone posted earlier that all the December 30 deliveries were Aurora Green with the 22/23" wheels.

Someone posted a YouTube Short last week of a green Gravity with the Yosemite interior and the 20/21" wheels with the aero blades removed. The color of the brake calipers also indicated it didn't have the handling package with rear-wheel steering. They didn't say where the shot was taken, however, although it looked to be in a residential neighborhood.

So there may be a few Gravities making their way into the wild. But, as near as I can tell, no one driving them has shown up anywhere on the internet or social media to talk about them.

Did you notice anything else about the black Gravity? Wheels, interior color . . . .
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Maybe Lucid only has the green paint that's why they can't ship Gravities, other than the first 9 that were all green. ;)

Seriously, when Lucid sacked Rawlinson in January, that's a signal something is significantly wrong with the Gravity readiness and ramp. You don't sack a CEO if you are just 30days behind schedule.

The only way Lucid gets back on its feet is to come clean and put an end to all the speculations (NASC vs CCS, Saudi vs US focus, SW/HW not ready, supplier problems, etc.). The status quo is not sustainable!
 
WeighingGravity said:
My guess is that at Lucid, a very engineering-driven firm, making the design better and better on paper might have been an irresistible temptation.
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This has been one of the most interesting things about Lucid. When they say "no compromises", it cannot, of course, be literally true. But I do think they get as close to that as any automaker I have seen since the heyday of Mercedes engineering (which seems to have succumbed of late to a marketing drive toward the glitz and gangsta customer segment). And it shows in Lucid products.

The dilemma for them is that they are in an EV industry that is fast evolving and where competitors are bringing perhaps less thoroughly-engineered products to market quickly and at more reachable prices for most buyers. And they haven't yet quite found their groove in terms of when the product needs to move from the engineering cubicles and the test tracks to the production floor.

For my own part as a customer, I would much prefer that Lucid hew to the too-much-engineering side of the line than to the too-quick-to-market side of the line, as impatient as I get waiting for their next product. But as a stock holder who wants this company to survive and thrive I get more on the fence.

One thing I know is that I don't want Lucid to go down the path Tesla has taken. Our 2021 Model S Plaid is a less well-built and more problem-prone car than our 2015 Model S P90D. And things such as steering wheel and yoke covers peeling off their updated models and glued-on body panels becoming detached from Cybertrucks in cold weather indicate a skipping of fundamentals such as durability testing that no automaker these days should dare. Just because they're Tesla doesn't mean this won't at some point bite them in the ass the same way it did American carmakers in the 1970's when the oil crisis caused buyers to start finally paying real attention to Japanese products.

I don't really know how I would balance these things if I were in a position to do so. But I hope Lucid can somehow make its way in the market while still remaining the phenomenal automotive engineering and design house that Peter Rawlinson and the team he assembled have made it.

If this means I have to wait a bit longer from our Gravity Dream Edition, so be it.
 
Just noticed a minor but promising update on Lucid’s website, the homepage now shows the Gravity first, and below it is the Air, it used to be the opposite. This change ahead of NY’s event is interesting, and the event might have more significance than we expect, they’ve been really pushing for it everywhere.

I’ve also noticed another promising change; the factory tour is back in the referral rewards store, which might indicate that things are finally back on track and they will be able to host owners in the factory.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904598766335770874
 
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Murcie said:
Just noticed a minor but promising update on Lucid’s website, the homepage now shows the Gravity first, and below it is the Air, it used to be the opposite. This change ahead of NY’s event is interesting, and the event might have more significance than we expect, they’ve been really pushing for it everywhere.

I’ve also noticed another promising change; the factory tour is back in the referral rewards store, which might indicate that things are finally back on track and they will be able to host owners in the factory.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904598766335770874
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This is exciting! Agreed that the event might have bigger implications than most of us on this forum ((who are starved for any info on our GGT order) expect. My bet: Gravity Touring gets showcased on Thursday (in addition to a production GGT) AND Touring orders open up in the US. The "big" news being that they moved Touring 6-9 months earlier.
 
yadaBaga said:
This is exciting! Agreed that the event might have bigger implications than most of us on this forum ((who are starved for any info on our GGT order) expect. My bet: Gravity Touring gets showcased on Thursday (in addition to a production GGT) AND Touring orders open up in the US. The "big" news being that they moved Touring 6-9 months earlier.
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Well, it's certainly going to be a flashy event, apparently accompanied by some over-the-top aerial stunts. But there's really not much more significant to know about the Gravity other than three things: (1) when will existing orders start being delivered, (2) when will Touring orders open up in the U.S., and (3) when will people on the fence about ordering be able to do test drives?

If none of that comes out of the NYC event -- avec ou sans aerial stunts -- then it's a bust for serious buyers who are currently in the market for an SUV.
 
The factory tour is only 10,000 points now and just one day and no travel or hotel. I like it. But that will mean about $460 in taxes from the 1099. I can’t do April 24th. Hopefully more dates come up soon.
 
Goodbye said:
I would totally agree with you, except Rawlinson himself made fun of Tesla in regards to the production hell they experienced with the Model 3. I am only holding Rawlinson/Lucid to the same standards they thought were so easy to achieve.

Be more humble is advise almost anyone needs to take a whole lot more often.
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Not the same….its not like Lucid is trying to sell hundreds of thousands of cars…there is no ramp up yet. Must be a supply chain defect or software that they want fixed .
 
hmp10 said:
Well, it's certainly going to be a flashy event, apparently accompanied by some over-the-top aerial stunts. But there's really not much more significant to know about the Gravity other than three things: (1) when will existing orders start being delivered, (2) when will Touring orders open up in the U.S., and (3) when will people on the fence about ordering be able to do test drives?

If none of that comes out of the NYC event -- avec ou sans aerial stunts -- then it's a bust for serious buyers who are currently in the market for an SUV.
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I bet you’re fun at parties
 
AirDoll said:
They’d rather stay out of the incessant discussion and just enjoy their Gravity’s. I’d also imagine some of the owners aren’t even on the forum or social media.
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What!?
Do people like that really still exist!?
😀

That's like making a time machine out of a DeLorean?

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AirDoll said:
It’s already been posted somewhere on the forum…….it’s not an NDA, they just don’t want to be inundated with questions and comments. They’d rather stay out of the incessant discussion and just enjoy their Gravity’s. I’d also imagine some of the owners aren’t even on the forum or social media.
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Incessant discussion?
Not on this forum.
Nope. Never. 😀
 
BS8899 said:
Maybe Lucid only has the green paint that's why they can't ship Gravities, other than the first 9 that were all green. ;)

Seriously, when Lucid sacked Rawlinson in January, that's a signal something is significantly wrong with the Gravity readiness and ramp. You don't sack a CEO if you are just 30days behind schedule.

The only way Lucid gets back on its feet is to come clean and put an end to all the speculations (NASC vs CCS, Saudi vs US focus, SW/HW not ready, supplier problems, etc.). The status quo is not sustainable!
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Why should any company come clean? You think they all tell the truth about exactly what problems they have. Stupid way to run a company….
 
Batteryman said:
Why should any company come clean? You think they all tell the truth about exactly what problems they have. Stupid way to run a company….
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Well, that's your way of doing business, not mine.


Disappointment and lost of confidence come when expectations are not met. Disappointing your perspective customers is the fastest way to go out of business.
 
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