If it takes an inordinate amount of time, much, much longer than the average, from VIN to delivery, does that mean that the car needed more inspection, repair, modification, reinspection than other cars? If so, should those customers worry about the ultimate quality of the product they are receiving? I have always heard, the more you take something apart, the more creaks, noises and future problems you will have. Now, we don't know exactly what is being done, why or to what extent, but it only makes sense that the longer the car takes "in production" or in "inspection/rework/re-inspection", the more problems were present. I actually hope it may just be that the line is long for the process and all of those cars sitting just outside the factory or in that middle lot are waiting to go through part of the process. The one useful bit of information I received yesterday from my DA is that the inspection processes at both Casa Grande and at the Service Centers have changed.
We have had 16 VIN assignments and 11 deliveries in the month of May reported on the Board, seems very, very anemic. I personally think Lucid may be getting hit from multiple angles, quality out of production not as good as desired requiring more inspection/rework as well as supply chain issues (DA vaguely alluded to that). If, what some have speculated, the middle lot is for cars waiting for something (parts/inspection/rework/whatever) and the lot furthest from the factory is for cars ready to be shipped to Service Centers, there are a glut of cars "waiting for something".
At some point, Lucid will be forced to focus on getting cars "finished" and delivered as they are just going to run out of space. They will be forced by space constraints to slow or stop production and focus on the cars sitting in the lot.