Well, I got to drive an Electre R today. It's a little small for my tastes but really nice! Fit and finish is great. "R" model is very fast, but expensive.
Deliveries will start in "fall of 2024" as a 2025 model year.
Software is good and HUD is nice.
I will keep mine until the warranty runs out and then probably sell it for whatever I can get and not buy another EV unless there have been significant advances in battery technology.
It's been fun to drive a very fast EV but I have decided that I will keep an ICE car/SUV for traveling, for now.
"Insurers want to pay the "prevailing community rates" for shop labor. However, most of the repair shop chains and franchises whose labor rates go into the insurers' databases will not invest in the equipment and training it takes to work on a Lucid. Consequently, Lucid's authorized shops are...
My "speculation" is that Lucid is putting the majority of their software development resources into the Gravity, so that they don't repeat the software fiasco of v1.04, and our cars will not get much attention until Gravity ships.
GM confirms it’s dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from 2024 EVs
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/gm-confirms-its-dropping-apple-carplay-and-android-auto-from-2024-evs/
I think that this is a bad decision.