I will address all the recent comments as to my comment concerning CarPlay, jointly.
You can attack me all you like and spin crazy idea like "compatible" doesn't really mean "compatible". It doesn't address the issues.
When I decided to purchase an electric vehicle, the number one priority for me was that the user interface be a good one. Because I was used to CarPlay on other cars, and because CarPlay is the number one user interface for luxury vehicles, that's what I wanted. When I looked into it, I found out Tesla did not have CarPlay. Furthermore, Elon Musk made it clear that his ongoing fight with Apple meant Tesla was never going to have CarPlay. So I rejected Tesla.
But Lucid assured me that it did provide CarPlay and I (apparently foolishly) believed them. Like many others, no doubt, I relied on Lucid's representations in making my purchase. So when I took delivery on the vehicle, I assumed it would have CarPlay. But, of course, it didn't. Lucid lied to us. You can try to sugar coat it all you like, but that's the only accurate characterization. Lucid lied to us. When I complained to Lucid about it the Lucid rep told me that Lucid would have CarPlay “by the end of the year.” Well here we are. It’s the end of the year and still no CarPlay. So am I angry about that? Absolutely. I don’t like being lied to. Perhaps you find that to be acceptable, but I don't.
Now I'm hearing people say that, with regard to the contract we have with Lucid, “there isn’t a court anywhere in the US that would find Lucid in violation of anything in the use of “compatible” on their web site” a ridiculous statement. Further, if you want to get your money back on a car that promised you CarPlay people out here find that unacceptable. If Lucid lies to us about what the cars can do, “there isn’t a court anywhere in the US” that would do something about it, but if you want to get a refund on your thousand dollars down payment, because Lucid lied, forget it. That is the position many are taking.
As for the “speculation,” that you say you find of little use, that's all that's going on out here about Lucid and CarPlay. I've even heard people talk about how it's Apple's fault. God forbid we point the finger at Lucid. “There's licensing issues” some say. But of course, neither apple nor Lucid has ever said it has licensing issues. That is the speculation. That's speculation blaming Apple rather than Lucid when it is Lucid that lied.
Also, saying, Lucid “is certainly less deceptive (if at all) than other car companies out there; one just has to point to “full self driving” to see that” is just more of the same. You are saying, in affect, “if Lucid lied (you just can’t bring yourself to admit it did) Tesla was worse about its full self driving claims. But I don’t see how saying “Tesla is worse” addresses the issue. I don’t care if Tesla is worse. I care that Lucid has been lying to us. People need to stop making excuses for Lucid.
Finally, I will do as you ask. I will leave you some constructive criticism. Lucid needs to put out a press release. Are they or are they not going to release CarPlay and Android Auto for the Lucid? It is a simple request that Lucid should not fear addressing unless they don’t plan on releasing it. I am not at all impressed by Lucid's inability to write decent software. I don't know how anyone justifies the idea that Lucid can sit silently by and not tell people what they are they going to do about an issue that is clearly the number one problem and that they've been promising in their sales literature. If Lucid gets hit with a class action on this, it will diminish my car, and yours, considerably. I don't want to see that.
