Lucid is willing to turn off service mode on both Rich's Lucid Air's if he can get then running to Lucid! This is a major step for repairability in the right direction.
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A Step in the right direction for Lucid Repairability!
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I guess it's nice that Lucid is being responsive, but I think it's optimistic to call this any kind of directional step. Manufacturers must be required to allow owners to interface with the software without needing to involve them. These one-off cases don't scale.
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I think this is short sighted. Did you think about all the liability issues? Yes, manufactures should allow repair for physical components but let user interface with software, not so fast.
Independent of legal and safety considerations, I was rooting for the possibility that both cars could be revived.
Oddly, it made me feel better about my order.
Oddly, it made me feel better about my order.
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Liability issues are a straw argument used by manufacturers and lobbyists trying to protect monopolistic revenue streams. You have the same set of liability from selling physical components and service manuals that you do from allowing access to vehicle software. It's just as easy for someone to destroy their vehicle from screwing up the braking system as it is writing invalid software parameters. The only difference being that regulation hasn't caught up with the digital domain yet.