Gravity launch disaster, huge recall, stop sale due to parts failure disguised as a model year change, HUD sucks, key fobs that don’t work, giving a broken Gravity to Consumer Reports, horrific quality control procedures, website sucks, it’s just not a good look.
Without the PIF they would have been Fisker 2.0 by now.Gravity launch disaster, huge recall, stop sale due to parts failure disguised as a model year change, HUD sucks, key fobs that don’t work, giving a broken Gravity to Consumer Reports, horrific quality control procedures, website sucks, it’s just not a good look.
It looks like a company in turmoil, which it is. They might pull out okay though. The first Teslas were shit too.
Analysts have not changed their outlook to be worse, so that’s a good sign.
Saving grace is the World Luxury Car if the Year. Hopefully they have finally fixed all issues and can move forwards. I’m just surprised sales that low even with a 1 month stoppage. Expected 4k. Air sales seems to be drying up as Gravity eats some.Gravity launch disaster, huge recall, stop sale due to parts failure disguised as a model year change, HUD sucks, key fobs that don’t work, giving a broken Gravity to Consumer Reports, horrific quality control procedures, website sucks, it’s just not a good look.
It looks like a company in turmoil, which it is. They might pull out okay though. The first Teslas were shit too.
Analysts have not changed their outlook to be worse, so that’s a good sign.
They couldn’t have been Fisker because Fisker had no useful or novel technology.
I read that as pointing to a supplier (Camao) making an unauthorized change. Exactly what happened. You can't ship vehicles without the second row. Assembly line stoppages are HUGE - it affects everything - paint shop, sub-assembly, parts storage, other supplier just-in-time production and deliveries - any car company will do almost anything to keep the line moving and repair later. We will see where they are after second quarter results are out.Lucid misses first-quarter vehicle delivery estimates on supplier disruptions
Lucid Group missed expectations for first-quarter vehicle deliveries on Friday, hurt by a temporary sales halt and recall tied to an unauthorized supplier change.www.reuters.com
Supply chain again? How long are they going to use that as an excuse? I’ve been hearing this reason since 2021…..
3093 deliveries is horrendous!
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I think most references to Fisker relate to their going out of business, rather than any perceived similarities to products. Henry Fisker was a design guy - Rawlinson was an engineer.
Shoot, you go away for a couple days and miss everything. What retooling? Damn, I hate missing shit!I don't even think second quarter will be a "full quarter" because they're probably going to have some time down for retooling. If they decide to make hardware updates to the air this year, we'll hear the same thing for Q3.
Maybe Q4 will be telling.......
Taken on face value, this seems to suggest the demand is there but throttled in Q1 by supplier snafu, correct? Furthermore, Lucid is not cutting full-year 2026 shipment projection.I read that as pointing to a supplier (Camao) making an unauthorized change. Exactly what happened. You can't ship vehicles without the second row. Assembly line stoppages are HUGE - it affects everything - paint shop, sub-assembly, parts storage, other supplier just-in-time production and deliveries - any car company will do almost anything to keep the line moving and repair later. We will see where they are after second quarter results are out.
2027 product offering, especially when "Prestige Package" is offered, will make the sequencing and assembly process much simpler for Lucid to produce a Gravity. No more Dream Editions (total bummer, since I would love to have that in my 2029 Gravity, which I will buy instead of lease, because, remember, I'll be at an age where it will be my last car.
These have been some well thought out changes that aren't always evident to the consumer - but will improve the ownership experience for future customers.
And, like it or not, we have been the ones teaching Lucid how to do things right and we are certainly verbal when they do something wrong. That is what early adopters do - for better or for worse - but I'm glad to have gone into the process with eyes wide open.
Dream Ahead!
The solar roof was really cool it just didnt work
And an electric car itself was new tech at the timeSolar roof!
I’m aware. Part of why Fisker went out of business rather than being acquired by someone, though, is the lack of novel technology worth acquiring. That’s my point.
That sure was a feature that literally any engineer who thought about it for 30 seconds could tell you was bound to be too inefficient to make an iota of difference.
