Trust me, Lucid doesn't want you to visit a service center every time and electrical sensor gets unplugged and plugged back in, they want the car to be able to just work when electrical components are replaced.
That day may come, but they certainly are nowhere close right now.
Lucid's Manager of Body Repair Program Operations (they have such a group) told me that one of the problems they are facing is with shops thinking that EVs are just ICE cars with electric motors instead of gas engines. He told me that many of the shops that originally were working on Teslas have pulled away from that business as they have found out how fundamentally different Teslas are. And he tells me that Lucid is even more evolved away from the ICE model in the way it is built and its components work than is Tesla.
Lucid's position right now is that they don't want anyone other than Lucid-trained personnel attempting any work on these cars other than the most superficial -- tire changing, dent removals,
etc. Even something as seemingly simple as replacing the lighted "LUCID" logo requires removal of the bumper, which in turn requires recalibration of the lidar unit, which can only be done in a Lucid Service Center, as even Lucid-certified body shops don't have the equipment.
In fact, some body shops have called Customer Service in an attempt to procure parts. Customer Service personnel have been instructed not to sell the parts and to refer all such calls to Body Repair Program Operations.
And, even after a Lucid is worked on in a Lucid-certified body shop, Lucid requires that the car be sent to a Lucid Service Center for final examination of the electrical and electronic systems before return to the owner and continuation of the warranty.
For people wanting to work on their cars themselves, Lucid probably isn't the right car for them at this point -- and won't be for quite a while, if ever.
