Here is the thing. I just retired. And the Lucid Air is now my only car. I allowed that to happen because I naturally though the Lucid Air would at least be dependable to drive while the supposedly minor software kinks were addressed. One of the things I wanted to do in my retirement is go places, in my car. The whole "three years of free charging" was attractive to me for that reason. But I am concerned that the car will die and because it is electric, and relatively unknown, I can't just limp into a gas station and have some mechanic fix the alternator belt, etc. I am frustrated that the Lucid Air is now holding me back on this goal and is diminishing the enjoyment I might otherwise have, traveling. As I have said before, suppose I am out in the middle of nowhere (the desert, a rural area, etc) and this 12 Volt issue raises its ugly head?
And I don't agree that this "happens with other cars", especially other new cars. "Yes," of course it theoretically could happen, and I am sure that it has happened, but let's get real here - this is not some rare isolated issue that only happened one day to one owner. This is becoming a fairly common issue. Many people are having this problem, and for every one of us here that reports the issue I am certain there are many more owners that we know nothing about, that are not part of forum, but have had the issue. Finally, Lucid is not being transparent about it, and frankly that really pisses me off. Lucid needs to issue a press release admitting the problem exists and tell us all what is being done to address this.
Finally, I don't agree with the apparent philosophy of some out here that we should all be a bunch of agreeable Lucid Fanboys that rationalize excuses for this issue. Lucid needs to know that we, the owners, are not happy with this, and that this is not the same as some minor problem with the radio. Just glossing it over this makes it sound like we are just fine wondering every day if today is the day. Well I, for one, am not. We paid a lot of money for these cars and I don't view Lucid making them dependable as being a favor, but instead a legal obligation.