Over nine years we drove two Teslas, and I, too, have personal knowledge of how much more shoddily they are built than Lucids. By 10,000 miles our 2021 Model S Plaid was producing squeaks and groans in its hind quarters, while our 2022 Lucid Air at 40,000 miles is still as solid as a rock and quiet as a tomb. And our Gravity has that same vault-like vibe. And our 2021 Tesla was delivered with a roster of manufacturing issues that surpassed even our early-production Air. While the UX 1.0 of the first Airs was abysmal, our Plaid software had its own issues, too, some of which were never resolved during the four years we had the car.
That's the reason this video so fried my grits. I think the premise that Tesla builds a better anything than Lucid is bogus. And I'm angry that the premature release of Gravities to the public can lend even a modicum of support to the argument that Tesla does.