3 Gravities at Milbrae Studio: 2 "VIP customer cars" being prepped for delivery!

[Batteryman]

I get why you may be frustrated, but this is peanuts compared to other pre-orders / reservations from other car manufacturers. Waiting years for a new model without communication is not at all unheard of.

Exactly, Imagine paying a 50k deposit for a Tesla Roadster...., Tesla is still advertising on their website....

 

[HC_79]

Exactly, Imagine paying a 50k deposit for a Tesla Roadster...., Tesla is still advertising on their website....

It’s a reservation not an order.

 

[bryway]

Yes, but Lucid made such a big song and dance about why they weren't taking reservations and pre-orders for the exact reasons you point out. They said that they're going straight to orders when the car is ready to go into production and low and behold what do they do? They take the orders and then treat them like a reservation.\ pre-order scenario and go dark. Should've just stuck to the original script.

Then to add insult to injury, they do a delivery event end of December and STIL can't give you an ETA on when your order is set to go into production. not a month, not a quarter, nothing



Funny, I noticed that as well. That trunk has been a bastard to get right in the Air and seems its going to carry over to the Gravity. It doesn't bother me but I know the "Panel Gap Police" will have a field day with it.

Just send the Panel Gap Police over to inspect a Tesla Model X. They’d have a field day with that — and Gravity is a direct competitor. I speak from experience as the owner of a super gappy 2022 Model X Plaid. Can’t wait to ditch it for a far less gappy Gravity!

 

[Pragmatic]

I don't think the delay is that arduous. I do think they either should not have taken orders or had been clearer on the projected delivery dates. With the way the world is, a vague statement saying limited deliveries in 2024, with volume deliveries by end of 1st quarter 2025 may have worked.

That said, saying other less reputable car brands are worse is not saying much about Lucid.

Compromise nothing - you should do things better than the competition.

This is not just build a better car you need to provide a better experience. Its annoying to hear everyone saying, other OEMs treat their customers as fools so it's acceptable as long as Lucid does it to a lesser degree.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

But when were they last the Ultimate Driving Machine?

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Sad, actually. I used to love their cars.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

I don't think the delay is that arduous. I do think they either should not have taken orders or had been clearer on the projected delivery dates. With the way the world is, a vague statement saying limited deliveries in 2024, with volume deliveries by end of 1st quarter 2025 may have worked.

That said, saying other less reputable car brands are worse is not saying much about Lucid.

Compromise nothing - you should do things better than the competition.

This is not just build a better car you need to provide a better experience. Its annoying to hear everyone saying, other OEMs treat their customers as fools so it's acceptable as long as Lucid does it to a lesser degree.

The CEO of the company (Peter Rawlinson) has been absolutely consistent publicly with delivery dates since late Summer of 2024 in saying (I am paraphrasing here) that they'd deliver a few by the end of 2024 to special customers, press cars and cars for the studios early in 2025 and then volume ramping up "slowly" through first quarter with increased volume thereafter and really hitting their stride in the second half of the year. What about that has Lucid not delivered on?

On a related note, if you order a new Air that has not already been built, you will be quoted 3-5 months delivery time (I know, because I was quoted just that when first researching the Air). So, why should someone who placed and order for a new Gravity on November 7th expect any different??? IMHO, until at least April 7th this year Lucid would be operating under the same pattern of delivering orders for vehicles that have not already been built as the have for some time now.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

Exactly, Imagine paying a 50k deposit for a Tesla Roadster...., Tesla is still advertising on their website....

I have a friend who did one better and paid more for some kind of "special edition" of the Tesla Roadster YEARS ago...