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True, and it certainly applies to assessing Napoli's performance which no one has seen yet. At the same time, Napoli had already been before the press to discuss Lucid's future direction. I'd be shocked if the senior management team of which Dlala is a part would not have been given clear...

While Dlala gave a bow to Peter Rawlinson, what I found notably missing from his statement was an expression of confidence in the new management team. From speaking of the opportunity Rawlinson gave him to be part of advancing "our vision" for the future of EVs, he went on to thank customers...

Since 3.6.0 has arrived, both our Gravities now seem to be functioning largely as intended. The only problem that has recurred since the update is the errant LED accent strip, and Dlala had told me that might not be a software problem. This only heightens my perplexity at his sudden departure...

This is not a zero sum game. The presence of someone such as Emad Dlala and his powertrain team in the organization in no way bears on what needs to be done in the production, sourcing, and service parts of the business, unless the presence of one draws critical resources away from the other...

I agree with the points of the past several posts that we now have to look at what's ahead rather than behind for Lucid. But it's important to remember that Dlala wasn't being looked to by anyone to "save the day" for Lucid. He was being tasked with straightening out the software mess and...

You make many good points. Speaking for myself, I have not argued that Dlala should have become CEO. The question I have regarding his departure is why? The best automotive companies do not view their products as static. Even continuing models undergo constant changes. Tesla is known for...

It's torque steer, not understeer, as it happens in straight-line acceleration.

Yes, he did. And, based on my short experience with 3.6.0, he has already made serious strides in fixing it . . . with another significant update coming this autumn. Emad told me that when he took the job he told Lucid he would need six months to assess the software situation and come up with...

That's exactly the behavior I brought up to Emad and why he set up the call with the chassis team. I quickly learned not to punch the accelerator unless the road ahead is completely clear and there is run-off room if needed. One of the things Emad wanted to know was whether the software...

The issue I brought up was one that neither Dlala nor the chassis team had ever heard a customer raise. As I have owned an Air Dream P since late 2021 and now two Gravity Dreams (one for a year), I have had a good bit of time behind the wheels of Lucid's up-powered cars. I have encountered...

Napoli's appointment was announced some time ago. Nothing I or anyone else here has seen in his behavior has since reflected anything but determination to get the Gravity software in hand and keep the Cosmos moving toward production. In fact the day I got a text message a couple of weeks ago...

I don't necessarily disagree. But one still has to remember that Lucid brought its first car to market in late 2021. Tesla brought its first car to market in 2008. It didn't reach its first full year of profitability until 2020 -- with much of that coming from the sale of energy credits...

I am not saying that engineers should necessarily run a car company. But losing them to the organization or subordinating their role too severely is fraught with risk. There was wide consensus among observers of the Big Three in the latter half of the last century that the primary reason they...

That had crossed my mind today. But if management views that as a problem, they reign in the behavior. Losing someone with Dlala's talent and track record on the performance front could be the cure that kills the patient. It should be noted that when Dlala was primarily on the hardware side...

Why would you say the engineering side of the house needed cleaning? You don't clean a house by tearing out its foundation. The three engineers most responsible for leapfrogging Tesla's leading-edge powertrain technology (Rawlinson, Bach, Dlala) are now all gone. Lucid had maneuvered itself...

Dlala assured me that they thoroughly grasped the risks and the stakes of launching the Cosmos prematurely. The possibility has crossed my mind today that his departure might have something to do with disagreement over when to release the Cosmos, especially if the same entity that made the...

It does hit on being straight with enough lanes. But it misses on the daytime requirement for "no or light traffic". And you have to remember that we've taken our older Gravity into Georgia twice and come home in a rental car twice. There may be some voodoo afoot up there.

True. But I still think that comes down to the decision to release the Gravity before it was ready. And we still don't know who made that decision. The contrast between the eager anticipation of the Gravity from the likes of Kyle Conner, Jason Cammisa, the Throttle House boys, et al., and the...

Maybe. But what kind of change in direction for a car company would mean losing one of your top technical talents? We still don't know (and perhaps never will) whether Dlala was forced out. But if he was, there is nothing promising in doing so. With Peter Rawlinson, they lost the engineer...

Dlala was one of Rawlinson's earliest hires and was on the guru squad behind the drive unit technology that shot Lucid ahead of Tesla in terms of motor size, power density, and efficiency. And this, in turn, enabled the space engineering miracles that Derek Jenkins and his team pulled off...