Gravity Delivery Discussion

Even if they gave 2 per studio, one for show and one for test drives the fact they haven’t been able to get 86 cars into its stores over the last 6 months is quite concerning.
They want show the HUD to prospective buyers, they are building KSA models without the HUD to deliver to the Middle East. Most rich their have chaffeurs, they dont need HUD. Hence to slow roll out to studios. Makes sense.
 
They want show the HUD to prospective buyers, they are building KSA models without the HUD to deliver to the Middle East. Most rich their have chaffeurs, they dont need HUD. Hence to slow roll out to studios. Makes sense.
I get it, but the fact they couldn’t even manage to scrape together 86 HUD’s isn’t exactly a good look either. Definitely makes no sense to send HUD’less cars to only have to eventually replace them though.

It also appears the HUD isn’t ready for prime time either so what Lucid has been marketing vs what is actually available are two very different things. Not like they’re able to show off any of the AR in the test drives.
 
Even if they gave 2 per studio, one for show and one for test drives the fact they haven’t been able to get 86 cars into its stores over the last 6 months is quite concerning.
Exactly. That’s what I was trying to highlight.
 
Well I understand what you are saying, but it is possible to parse this too finely (personally, I think Occam's razor applies here).
Fair point, but...

This is from a manager at one of the Lucid stores. They were very excited about getting a showroom car. Not a test drive car--a showroom car.
This is unfortunately not a sign of truth. I wish it were, but SAs and stores are constantly misinformed at the moment, as communication within Lucid from HQ to end-sales is clearly lacking. This is evident from all of the other incorrect statements stores and sales have made to other owners.

Look I think the Gravity may be the best EV on the market at launch, but let's be honest they are having trouble getting it out the door.
I don't disagree with that.

It doesn't make sense that they would be able to delivery significant numbers of Gravities to customers in the next few seeks when they can't even delivery showroom and test drive vehicles to their (admittedly small) dealer network.
I'm not convinced these two things are related. I do not know what the holdup is, but it is not clear to me that it is one and the same. All of this stressing about CARB may be real, but... the manual presently also lists the CARB certification.

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So my point is simply that we don't know what the holdup is, and for all I know there are 600 cars waiting in a lot to be delivered all hinging on...something. I have no idea, but that is at least as possible as 'they haven't built any cars' especially since we've seen at least a few hundred in the lot before.

Something is holding up both studio cars and customer deliveries. Lots of people have lots of speculation and possible reasons; none of them are confirmed and thus, all of them are equally likely.

I usually follow Occam's Razor too - I just don't think any is particularly more likely without additional context.

I'm not being critical here, just realistic. FWIW, judging by my experience with my AGT purchase process, and it takes a loooong time for a car company to become excellent at production. Look at Tesla's teething pains.
I understand, and I don't mean to sound like I know things; I don't. You might be right. My only point is simply that we have no idea.

I agree with it being hard, heh.
 
I was going to say that they're holding Gravity until it has Android Auto. The good news is that it's on schedule for Fall.
 
All of this stressing about CARB may be real, but... the manual presently also lists the CARB certification.

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That is the CARB certification for the cabin air filter. CARB sets many standards -- some for vehicle emissions, and some for air cleaning. Weird, yeah? https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/list-carb-certified-air-cleaning-devices

So my point is simply that we don't know what the holdup is, and for all I know there are 600 cars waiting in a lot to be delivered all hinging on...something. I have no idea, but that is at least as possible as 'they haven't built any cars' especially since we've seen at least a few hundred in the lot before.
I agree that this is strange and mystifying. Obviously they want to deliver vehicles! Obviously they are able to build things that look like finished vehicles in bulk! People in the forum have VINs that show charged and updated vehicles! The showroom vehicles don't even really need to be operationally complete, although there's probably not much point in displaying showroom vehicles and generating more demand for something you can't deliver yet.

Options are:
- hardware part is unavailable
- hardware part has shown a defect in the limited units in the field
- software is not ready yet in a dangerous or ugly way (unlikely, since you have one)
- missing certification / homologation / etc
- aliens

We know there are vehicles in motion to showrooms, both for demos and delivery. I suspect we'll learn more soon. Go do something relaxing, pick up a new hobby, or play with your pets or kids. You'll get your car eventually.
 
Did you have to actively poke your SA to get the information or they proactively reached out?

My SA has been radio silence since Nov, with only update that they changed my SA from one to another.
My SA has bee awesome. Told me the Chicago Studio has a Gravity to view but not drive at this moment. Driveable one, soon.
 
I was sending text/E-mail every week for three weeks, asking for a configuration change, got no response.
Called one day, promised a call back "in a few minutes" but nothing received for hours. Called again 10 minutes before their closing time, asked for another SA and finally got connected.

Never tried to contact Lucid again given the bad experience.

Saw similar reports for the SA serving our area, I guess Lucid just doesn't care us in the region very much.
My SA said that you can ask for a different SA. Request a change.
 
That is the CARB certification for the cabin air filter. CARB sets many standards -- some for vehicle emissions, and some for air cleaning. Weird, yeah? https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/list-carb-certified-air-cleaning-devices


I agree that this is strange and mystifying. Obviously they want to deliver vehicles! Obviously they are able to build things that look like finished vehicles in bulk! People in the forum have VINs that show charged and updated vehicles! The showroom vehicles don't even really need to be operationally complete, although there's probably not much point in displaying showroom vehicles and generating more demand for something you can't deliver yet.

Options are:
- hardware part is unavailable
- hardware part has shown a defect in the limited units in the field
- software is not ready yet in a dangerous or ugly way (unlikely, since you have one)
- missing certification / homologation / etc
- aliens

We know there are vehicles in motion to showrooms, both for demos and delivery. I suspect we'll learn more soon. Go do something relaxing, pick up a new hobby, or play with your pets or kids. You'll get your car eventually.
Wow, thanks so much for the time management advice—because clearly none of us would know how to spend our time without it.
Just a friendly reminder though: you only booked yours in March, so you really haven’t had much of a wait. Most of us here have been in this since late 2023, with reservations from November 2024 and an expected delivery window of late December to early 2025. If you’ve actually got real info about the Lucid Gravity or delivery updates, that would be far more helpful than telling us how to pass the time. Just a thought.
 
That is the CARB certification for the cabin air filter. CARB sets many standards -- some for vehicle emissions, and some for air cleaning. Weird, yeah? https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/list-carb-certified-air-cleaning-devices


I agree that this is strange and mystifying. Obviously they want to deliver vehicles! Obviously they are able to build things that look like finished vehicles in bulk! People in the forum have VINs that show charged and updated vehicles! The showroom vehicles don't even really need to be operationally complete, although there's probably not much point in displaying showroom vehicles and generating more demand for something you can't deliver yet.

Options are:
- hardware part is unavailable
- hardware part has shown a defect in the limited units in the field
- software is not ready yet in a dangerous or ugly way (unlikely, since you have one)
- missing certification / homologation / etc
- aliens

We know there are vehicles in motion to showrooms, both for demos and delivery. I suspect we'll learn more soon. Go do something relaxing, pick up a new hobby, or play with your pets or kids. You'll get your car eventually.
I agree with the “Strange and Mistifying” comment. You seem to have two separate but related issues. First, by Lucid’s admission, HUD hardware is in short supply. Second, the HUD software is currently “Not ready for prime time” and showrooms are currently not allowed to show it. So why are they waisting HUD hardware on showroom/demo cars if they are not going to even turn it on? Optimistically you could say that Lucid is weeks or a month or two away from having HUD software dialed in and wants appropriate demo cars to show it off. Pessamistically, you could predict that Lucid is still many months away from dialing in th HUD software and should therefore prioritize putting HUD’s in customer cars (limited as they are at this time) and for now send HUDless cars to Studios. At the very least, send only one HUD car (probably demo drive car) to each studio and have showroom car HUDless.
 
Don't worry guys, most of us will have a Gravity by Christmas.
Yeah, when at Studio today, mentioned to SA that my probably unrealistic hope would be to get car by Christmas, he at first said that should be most likely, but when I told him I did not place my order until April, he said “Yeah, probably more like February” which is what I had been thinking all along.
 
Yeah, when at Studio today, mentioned to SA that my probably unrealistic hope would be to get car by Christmas, he at first said that should be most likely, but when I told him I did not place my order until April, he said “Yeah, probably more like February” which is what I had been thinking all along.
Feel sorry for the people waiting for the Touring. We’ll probably see what happened with the slow roll out of the Air models, people will simply move onto something else.
 
My Natick SA just confirmed that they have their studio Gravity and it will be available to see "next week". Also still aiming for deliveries "end of month" (for whatever that is worth).
Was in Natick for service yesterday (6/3/2025) and a Gravity was on the showroom floor. I think they said it arrived the day before. Looks really cool in person!
 
As far as the reasons for the delay — do we know whether Lucid has a stockpile of rare earth magnets? The top story on my WSJ concerned the potential shutdown of some automakers’ lines if the situation doesn’t improve.


“Several traditional and electric-vehicle makers—and their suppliers—are considering shifting some auto-parts manufacturing to China to avoid looming factory shutdowns, people familiar with the situation said.

Ideas under review include producing electric motors in Chinese factories or shipping made-in-America motors to China to have magnets installed. Moving production to China as a way to get around the export controls on rare-earth magnets could work because the restrictions only cover magnets, not finished parts, the people said.”
 
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