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So a disclaimer that I haven't done automotive software, but I have built and run software teams. Any speculation that we do here is pretty much armchair quarterbacking. As I've said in the other thread, software is hard—it's not about how big the company is or how much you're paying, look at...

Yep, I'm 5'9" and the HUD has always looked a little angled to me, no matter the vertical position. I've accepted it for now; I'm hoping that there'll be further adjustments possible down the line, since it's just a projector and they can already adjust one axis.

My main point is that modern software, particularly bits that interact w/ the end user, aren't really all that "simple" despite people thinking that it is. And ironically, it's usually the cheapest, most widespread software that's the most reliable, since it has the most users who've been...

I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding of how these software systems work and why people say they're indeed complicated. Let's take this "press a button to turn on AC" example: Triggering the button onscreen requires registering it on the capacitive touchscreen, confirming the state of...

Right, I remember that was a part of the marketing when they initially unveiled the redesigned Tesla S/Xs without the driving stalks: since using the touchscreen was/is less tactile, they needed some sort of automation to make it a bit easier to drive the transition. I'd say it worked 80–90% of...

So I haven't gotten the mobile tech to come by for the keyfob update itself, but according to an earlier post by a Lucid employee, 3.3.5 itself should improve the reliability of its systems anyway. What I have noticed is that, by luck or by design, I've gotten more instances of the black screen...

Right. This has been the standard for pretty much all cars, EV or ICE, for some time now; the computer systems that control the car's driving experience should be and is completely separated from the infotainment functionality. You can tell—when there's a black screen or a infotainment system...

The update itself should perform the hard reboot.

With the 3.3.5 update, I have noticed that even without the keyfob update (still waiting for their mobile tech to get back to me), the black/blank infotainment screens on bootup is happening less, and when it does happen the bootup wait is generally faster—10s or less, instead of 20–30s or just...

So I've had my Gravity for only about a month. I'd say that there should be at least 200–300 DE trims delivered (just based off of the sequence counts), and hopefully 2–3× of the GTs delivered with some multiple of that being shown in those drone fly-bys at the AZ factory. As you say, the...

So I'm not taking crazy pills—the feature was in the Tires section previously, but their customer service said it was moved/removed with a recent update. Hope they bring it back, or at least have access to it via some admin diagnostic interface.

So here's a fun little story. I had taken delivery of a DE last month, after being convinced to upgrade from a GT for a faster turnaround but just ended up with an orphaned vehicle w/ 22/23" wheels when I ordered 20/21"s. @Jackles had almost the opposite experience; ordered 22/23"s and ended...

No joke, the thing I've found works really well to open the keyfob cover is one of those medallions that you make from flattening a penny at tourist spots—thin and wide enough to pop it right open. But yeah, there's still a couple of downtowns in the Bay Area suburbs that take coins, something...

Okay, a hardware favorite feature: I like how flexible the center console storage is, both the cavernous bottom compartment and the sliding plastic insert with the coin collector + cupholders + chargers. Yeah, the Edmunds video review called it cheap-feeling and I guess you can put smoother...

Yeah, but this is the Millbrae studio, and I've learned that they're famous for…not picking up the phone.

So I drove into the studio (I live like 5 min. away) to see whether they can just update the keyfob for me right then and there. Turns out—they can't, and all the techs went home already on a 5pm on a Friday. Looking to schedule a mobile service call instead, hopefully some time next week.

Fortunately that's just some graphic designer, which to be fair to them have done a pretty good job in most of the visual elements of the Lucid UI/UX infotainment and app overall. They're not the ones trying to debug and fix the keyfobs.

Checked and it got pushed out to my car as well. The release notes:

So I've been in the software industry for over 2 decades, and over a decade of running software engineering teams. Coincidentally, in my current job, I ended up inheriting an organization that was founded by a hardware engineer—someone who ran teams at Jawbone before that company folded. So I...

Recursion, def: see, Recursion