Software Preview Event, May 21 and 22

[marqie]

Lucid is inviting a select group of our owners to join us for a Software Preview event at our Newark, CA, headquarters. Invited participants will see first-hand new software features planned for a future release and will meet with the product teams developing them.

If you are a Lucid owner in the Bay Area and would like to join us, please complete this form to express interest.

Lucid will review the information provided by owners who have expressed interest in this event and will select a group of invitees among them. Invitees will then be contacted with next steps, including completion of a confidentiality agreement and media release.

The Software Preview event is open to current Lucid owners. Spaces are limited.

 

[Samo23]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

 

[newlucidguy]

great idea, very glad you are doing it! not in the area but if you do east coast at some point ...

 

[Joelaron]

very excited to see you're hosting this! thank you!!

 

[ken43]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

I guess I see this differently. I think it is amazing that Lucid is sharing with a small group of owners and letting those owners talk to the development team. This seems like a great way to let the development team hear from owners without having to actually deploy the finished product.

 

[HC_79]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

This is quite normal. Lucid can't ask every customer for feedback on upcoming software as they'd be inundated with everyone's personal opinions on what they want, expect etc. so it's best to keep it to a focus group to gauge general feedback and maybe make some final changes before general release.

The fact they come to an owners forum and give owners an opportunity to participate in something like this is much more than you'll see many other automakers do. This is a good thing Lucid is doing.

 

[segbrk]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

Speaking as a software developer, it can be hard to dissociate from your developer mindset and see how actual people in the real world will use the thing you're making when you're deep into it. I think most (every?) manufacturer does things like this, just not as publicly. They'll show some new product or new feature to a focus group to get real-world feedback from actual users before a wider release. Even some people on this forum have done the same with other auto manufacturers. Lucid can be a pretty tight-lipped company, but this is not one of the those times.

And to sort of answer your question, yes this software will be shared with the entire Lucid customer base... soon. That's how it goes. Every invitation like this in the past has been followed shortly by a general release of some new features or improvements.

 

[sbr41]

Lucid is inviting a select group of our owners to join us for a Software Preview event at our Newark headquarters. Invited participants will see first-hand new software features planned for a future release and will meet with the product teams developing them.

If you are a Lucid owner in the Bay Area and would like to join us, please complete this form to express interest.

Lucid will review the information provided by owners who have expressed interest in this event and will select a group of invitees among them. Invitees will then be contacted with next steps, including completion of a confidentiality agreement and media release.

The Software Preview event is open to current Lucid owners. Spaces are limited.

This is great, thanks for the initiative. If I remember correctly, there was a similar event organized sometime last year. Will this presentation also touch upon if the features from last preview were rolled out through OTA already? If not, how valuable are these focus group events?

 

[marqie]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

Hi, @Samo23. This will not include a roadmap presentation, but rather a demonstration of specific new features planned for release. As noted, this gives our product teams the opportunity to interact with owners and to hear feedback first-hand.

 

[marqie]

This is great, thanks for the initiative. If I remember correctly, there was a similar event organized sometime last year. Will this presentation also touch upon if the features from last preview were rolled out through OTA already? If not, how valuable are these focus group events?

Features covered in previous preview events have since been released.

 

[joec]

@marqie

Will this software preview/road map presentation be information that will be shared and disseminated with the entire Lucid customer base or just a "select group of owners" in the Bay area?

This whole give what everyone wants to know (on software of all things) to only to some special individuals is respectfully, reallyyyy killing the vibe.

Like it or not, Lucid is located in the Bay Area. The software team is located in the Bay Area.

Putting on a small event with a small number of customers is muuuuch easier to justify and much less expensive if you do it where your team already works.

Otherwise, you are flying team members and paying for hotels, disrupting their normal work with other team members for days. As opposed to having them participate in a 2 or 3 hour meeting with customers.

If Lucid’s software team were in New York, these events would happen there. If the team were in New Zealand, these events would be there.

As someone pointed out, it’s nice Lucid is interested at all in having some real customer feedback prior to releasing a feature. That feedback absolutely informs the direction of the software and gives the team valuable guidance.

And yes, given similar events in the past as an indicator, all will be revealed to the entire customer base when the software is actually released. Often within a few weeks of said event. Barring technical difficulties.

 

[Celeras]

I was very confused about the Bay Area requirement until I learned there is also a Newark in California

Look forward to hearing what comes out of the event!

 

[borski]

Like it or not, Lucid is located in the Bay Area. The software team is located in the Bay Area.

Putting on a small event with a small number of customers is muuuuch easier to justify and much less expensive if you do it where your team already works.

Otherwise, you are flying team members and paying for hotels, disrupting their normal work with other team members for days. As opposed to having them participate in a 2 or 3 hour meeting with customers.

If Lucid’s software team were in New York, these events would happen there. If the team were in New Zealand, these events would be there.

As someone pointed out, it’s nice Lucid is interested at all in having some real customer feedback prior to releasing a feature. That feedback absolutely informs the direction of the software and gives the team valuable guidance.

And yes, given similar events in the past as an indicator, all will be revealed to the entire customer base when the software is actually released. Often within a few weeks of said event. Barring technical difficulties.

Also, the last one was remote.

 

[AZLucidGuy]

Lucid is inviting a select group of our owners to join us for a Software Preview event at our Newark headquarters. Invited participants will see first-hand new software features planned for a future release and will meet with the product teams developing them.

If you are a Lucid owner in the Bay Area and would like to join us, please complete this form to express interest.

Lucid will review the information provided by owners who have expressed interest in this event and will select a group of invitees among them. Invitees will then be contacted with next steps, including completion of a confidentiality agreement and media release.

The Software Preview event is open to current Lucid owners. Spaces are limited.

As an early adopter 2022 Air GT owner, I am delighted that Lucid is focusing on future software releases. I'm in Arizona and happy to help if you need it. Go Lucid!

 

[LuvLucy]

I think a little pee came out.

 

[marqie]

Also, the last one was remote.

We are looking to do more in the future virtually!

 

[Samo23]

Or, whatever is being revealed would indeed be very interesting and valuable for all of us to know given software is important to most of our desired changes? Also, I'm not talking about inviting thousands of people to have their opinion heard, or literally flying everyone to Newark, more like, "here's what we're working on and what we're excited to share with you"

Is that a crazy ask?

 

[LuvLucy]

I'm going out on a limb and guessing it's 3.0 for Air

 

[Steve181]

Is it too much to hope that it includes the entry/exit/keyfob as well as AA issues?

 

[HC_79]

Or, whatever is being revealed would indeed be very interesting and valuable for all of us to know given software is important to most of our desired changes?

Have you ever participated in a beta? It's the same process, a group of people are chosen to be shown something and provide feedback under NDA. Feedback \ Bugs etc are then collected and the software team will work on those items before a general release. At no point in time is the company sharing to the mass audience what's going on in the beta. This is no different. Every company dealing with software handles it this way.

As with all companies, if you're not part of the beta then you find out what changes etc. are coming at the time you receive the OTA to install the software.