Lucid’s own website lists service centers in Austin and Dallas in addition to Houston. The Austin one has been on the site since at least 2023 - are these just hopeful eventual locations? Texas has more EV registrations than any state other than California and we have 4 of the most populous...
Car and Driver also ran an article saying “Lucid offering no interest on Gravity due to no interest”. Hard to argue things aren’t great right now no matter how much you might like how your Lucid drives.
Yeah those numbers are insane for a couple hundred dollar scrape. There is no universe where a small cosmetic scrape essentially makes the car disposable because of those costs.
I think you can get this done right for a lot cheaper by a high line body shop. The Lucid tax is ridiculous.
The Sapphire might be the ultimate do everything car - shame supercars, carry the family to dinner, do a Home Depot run, look better than 99% of the cars on the road. I wish I could afford one.
Totally get that, but sometimes you start with the simplest things and make sure all the connectors are, you know, connected. There is no problem in the universe of cars that should take 2 1/2 weeks to figure out.
Tesla does the same - you can still use the extended warranty, you just have to pay for it and then get reimbursement. The trouble comes when Tesla or Lucid doesn’t want to document and diagnose correctly for the extended warranty company so you can get pre-approval before repairs. This has...
Ugly, slow, low range, no power, zero amenities, limited charging speed, low tow rating, no track record - just rent a truck on the 3 days a year that the average person needs one.
This is how you run a company when you don’t value a dollar. Maybe the idea of endless money from the PIF has led to lazy, inefficient, and/or terrible decisions. If I ran a business this way I’d be broke in no time - without the Saudi sugar daddy.