OK, I am putting this in a separate thread in hopes that someone at Lucid might see it and have a few more answers or be willing to give their DAs more information to disseminate. I was also hoping for my DA to respond by now to my request, but that has not happened.
We are all making assumptions based on trends we see that they are color batching as a primary driver of production scheduling. Order date only impacted confirmation date and confirmation date is secondary to color when it comes to what Lucid appears to be producing. This has resulted in customers that ordered months (and maybe years) before others not receiving their VINs in favor of those that might have happened to order a favored color. For example, there are customers who ordered in the Summer/Fall and gotten confirmation dates in December getting VINs (hence delivery) before some customers that ordered over a year ago and confirmed in November. This is happening without regard to the assumed Santa Cruz interior issues as it appears to be a case for grey and silver customers, even those who did not order the lighter interior.
Further, nobody is really telling those that have ordered grey and/or silver when they might receive their VINs (and hence, delivery). Most, if not all, were told delivery would be in 2-4 months. Well, those who confirmed red, white and black in December (and a few from November) may have made that window. That window might even be made for those grey and silver customers who confirmed in December (doubtful, but possible). Those who ordered earlier (with the exception of the Santa Cruz interior) and confirmed in November are or will definitely be outside that window with absolutely no reset or update on their expectations. Lucid has missed the timeframe and the only guidance they will give, if they give any, is nebulous.
I guess some of us assumed that they would be producing by confirmation batch as why else would they issue confirmation batches as such. There are also instances where, on more than one occasion, a customer changed their color at confirmation and was told that color would not impact timing. This has turned out to be downright wrong. The more disappointing thing is that nobody at Lucid will communicate what is actually happening. There certainly should be a production schedule of some sort that shows what colors for what confirmation batches are going to be produced in what order. Are we going to start seeing not only November and December batches, but also January and February batches of red, white or black before they start grey or silver? If so, when does that mean grey or silver should start?
I have heard Lucid personnel sometimes read these comments and I am hoping they do in this case as well.
We are all making assumptions based on trends we see that they are color batching as a primary driver of production scheduling. Order date only impacted confirmation date and confirmation date is secondary to color when it comes to what Lucid appears to be producing. This has resulted in customers that ordered months (and maybe years) before others not receiving their VINs in favor of those that might have happened to order a favored color. For example, there are customers who ordered in the Summer/Fall and gotten confirmation dates in December getting VINs (hence delivery) before some customers that ordered over a year ago and confirmed in November. This is happening without regard to the assumed Santa Cruz interior issues as it appears to be a case for grey and silver customers, even those who did not order the lighter interior.
Further, nobody is really telling those that have ordered grey and/or silver when they might receive their VINs (and hence, delivery). Most, if not all, were told delivery would be in 2-4 months. Well, those who confirmed red, white and black in December (and a few from November) may have made that window. That window might even be made for those grey and silver customers who confirmed in December (doubtful, but possible). Those who ordered earlier (with the exception of the Santa Cruz interior) and confirmed in November are or will definitely be outside that window with absolutely no reset or update on their expectations. Lucid has missed the timeframe and the only guidance they will give, if they give any, is nebulous.
I guess some of us assumed that they would be producing by confirmation batch as why else would they issue confirmation batches as such. There are also instances where, on more than one occasion, a customer changed their color at confirmation and was told that color would not impact timing. This has turned out to be downright wrong. The more disappointing thing is that nobody at Lucid will communicate what is actually happening. There certainly should be a production schedule of some sort that shows what colors for what confirmation batches are going to be produced in what order. Are we going to start seeing not only November and December batches, but also January and February batches of red, white or black before they start grey or silver? If so, when does that mean grey or silver should start?
I have heard Lucid personnel sometimes read these comments and I am hoping they do in this case as well.
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