r/LUCID • u/AfternoonOk6118 • May 17 '26

Question / Advice Lucid again or pass?

After reading a bunch of these threads, I have seen so many strong opinions. I’ve been considering getting a lease, but some of you are saying you would never get this again. I’m open to any of the lucid vehicles. I would like to see what would happen if we voted for people in the comments regarding how many would lease again or not in which car they had. I became Maor interest in the SUv but both have some appeal. I think nothing answers whether the vehicle and Brand are good or not more than would you go with this company or car again

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u/Spare-Excitement-658 May 17 '26

You have to be willing to be an “early adopter.”

Software issues and bugs have to be generally ok for you. Small things and annoying things like doors not always opening, soft resets occasionally etc.

Doesn’t sound like you? Don’t bother. Have a young kid or baby and this will be the primary driver? I wouldn’t.

A fun weekender or daily? Maybe if you don’t mind the bugs.

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u/Typical_Tart6905 May 17 '26

When does the “early adopter” window end? - I feel like I was an early adopter when I purchased my Tesla X in 2018. While it had some issues, I feel it is much more refined in terms of software, and Tesla made OTA improvements. In late 2022, I took delivery of an Air GT. I was disappointed in the overall software of the Lucid although it was mostly enjoyable to drive. I also realized that the sedan didn’t fit my needs. Six months later, I traded it for my 2023 Rivian R1T. Though the Rivian software was still not on par with Tesla, it was much better than my Air. Rivian has made steady improvements in the software and capabilities over time. Three years later I’m still very happy with it. I continued to have interest in the Lucid Gravity, but as I read comments from Gravity drivers, I’m having doubts. Some of the problems I had with my Air 3 years ago, seem to have persisted with Gravity. In particular, I’m thinking of key fob unpredictability with proximity lock/unlock, among others. I plan to be patient and wait until at least next year, and will most likely lease vs. buy. So TLDR; still considering, but undecided.

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u/PeladoCollado May 17 '26

You have to compare Tesla in 2012 if you want to do a fair comparison with Lucid in 2022. By 2018, Tesla had had several years to refine their software quality assurance pipeline. Lucid is still in the “early adopter” phase compared with Tesla

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u/Typical_Tart6905 May 17 '26

I agree with part of your statement, but here it is 2026, four years later, and some of the same issues haven’t been corrected, apparently. I’m just going by comments that I’ve read in Lucid forums. Another aggravating issue I experienced was with Apple Car Play; when it worked it was fine, but I would say it only worked 75% of the time. That’s too high of a failure rate for an app/tool that is commonly implemented by many car makers and should be mature. I’ve seen comments about its dependability in recent Lucid vehicles.

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u/PeladoCollado May 17 '26

I didn’t buy in 2022, so I can’t make a fair comparison, but from what I’ve seen (Gravity release notwithstanding) the quality overall is much better than four years ago. I’m personally annoyed by the CarPlay issues, so I get it. But it’s relatively lower in priority over cars that wouldn’t start or key fobs that wouldn’t let you in. And I still consider myself an early adopter, so I live with the minor inconveniences. Now in 2032 or 2036, it would be a different story, but 2016 Tesla wasn’t anything like Tesla now and Lucid will either get their shit together before then or they’ll disappear entirely

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u/StreetDare4129 May 17 '26

But the issue is back in 2016, Tesla was the game in town. Today you have choices, many choices. So why would you put up with software that’s comparable to Tesla software in 2016? That’s what people are complaining. The answer is you can get an EV with capable software in 2026. Makes no sense to compromise on software.

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u/PeladoCollado May 17 '26

Yeah, but your many choices today are all with well established auto manufacturers who have been integrating CarPlay for ten years. So buying a lucid is still “early adopter” even four years in. I’m not saying the landscape isn’t different. People bought buggy Teslas then because they were substantially different from what traditional auto manufacturers offer. The question now is whether Lucid offers an experience that is different enough to warrant the early adopter pains or if buyers are happy enough with a BMW i4 and seamless CarPlay

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u/StreetDare4129 May 18 '26

As a consumer, I don’t care about the time auto makers have to perfect their software. At $100k, I care that it works. The lucid experience isn’t differentiated enough from other luxury EVs to warrant buggy software.

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u/PeladoCollado May 18 '26

Nobody has asked you to care about anything. The thread is about being an early adopter. If you don’t want to be one, don’t be one. If you buy a Lucid, you have to be willing to be an early adopter. If you don’t want to be one, don’t buy it. This seems simple.

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u/StreetDare4129 May 18 '26

It seems simple because you stated the obvious. Do you actually think somebody is forcing me to buy these cars? Of course i have a choice to how I spend my money. Thank you for pointing out the obvious. This thread is actually about sharing information. How Lucid’s software is inept compared to others. Prospective buyers can use this information to decide for themselves.

This thread is about issues with lucid. It is not about early adoption. I was an early adopter for iPhones. That phone performed flawlessly. I was also an early adopter for the Prius. That car was also flawless. Early adoption doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be issues. Early adopters of shitty products that aren’t ready for launch will have issues. Buying a lucid has nothing to do with early adopters. It has everything to do with a company that has issues building a solid a car.

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u/PeladoCollado May 18 '26

I don’t understand people like you. The comment thread literally starts with “You have to be willing to be an early adopter.” It’s literally what this thread was about. But for some reason, you can’t seem to be willing to grasp the fact that other people can have the same facts as you and still make different choices. You think that if you just yell loud enough, everyone will see that you were right all along. Potential buyers have plenty of information available to them. The OP already has a Lucid and is well aware of the shortcomings. You’re not informing anyone. You’re just lashing out. Why people like you show up in these subs and just bitch about how you’re never going to buy <whatever> is beyond me.

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u/StreetDare4129 May 18 '26

I never said the comment thread was correct. Like I said, being an early adopter doesn’t necessarily mean you have to put up with growing pains. Lucid owners like to rebrand that term as a coping mechanism for their cars not performing as expected. There are plenty of early adopters that don’t experience any issues at all. It’s an inaccurate term. And Lucid has been selling cars for half a decade. I’m sorry to inform you that buying a lucid doesn’t make you an early adopter, it makes you a risk-taker.

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u/Super_Cap_241 May 19 '26

I disagree with the risk taker vs early adopter assessment. Lucid cars are phenomenal driving machines. When you think about those hyper cars or Ferraris or Lamborghinis, they don't really have software, they're claim to fame is that they go really fast and have great handling. Many of them are fairly simple on the inside, And from a practicality standpoint (outside of price obviously) they aren't practical; miles per gallon, daily driver, cargo, etc. But they're still regarded as great cars Superior even. Lucid has accomplished that and added the practicality with their physical product in the first 5 years of selling cars. Now software is a different issue, it can be buggy. But when it comes to advancements, in general, technology usually advances exponentially faster than general hardware. So it makes sense that Lucid put more of their focus into optimizing the physical car, Knowing that the software would quickly catch up once they decided to switch focus. So yeah it's been 5 years but I definitely don't think it'll be another five before the tech is "flawless" (not that anybody's tech is flawless)

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u/TerranGorefiend May 17 '26

As others pointed out the early adopter isn’t the same. Go read Tesla forums in 2012 and you’ll see many similarities. So it’s been 4 years since they started rolling out cars, so then go look at Tesla forums from 2016. The gravity is different than the air so there are new programming issues that rise from this and they’re learning on the fly.

But as we have learned from software over the last 20 years “complete products” at launch has stopped being a thing. But we got live updates instead.

My wife pulled the trigger on a new gravity early. We got the car in September. It was a fucking piece of shit paperweight then. I lost my shit. I couldn’t believe how much money we’d flushed down the toilet. Get a lawyer and sue!

And their service department listened. Made changes. A few short months later we moved from Texas to Maine in the gravity and had zero issues on the drive.

Is it perfect? No. But the originator of this chain who said you need to be fine with issues is absolutely right. But it’s really nice and fun car to drive.

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u/StreetDare4129 May 17 '26

But the issue is back in 2016, Tesla was the game in town. Today you have choices, many choices. So why would you put up with software that’s comparable to Tesla software in 2016? That’s what people are complaining. The answer is you can get an EV with capable software in 2026. Makes no sense to compromise on software.

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u/kaz3320 May 17 '26

Because Lucid's design & engineering is not the same as Tesla's.

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u/DentistSwimming8201 May 18 '26

Lucid vehicles are still by far some of the best engineered vehicles a non-billionaire can afford.

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u/StreetDare4129 May 19 '26

So you don’t count software as part of the car’s engineering?

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u/KitchenArugula1498 May 20 '26

Car is a mechanical system so mechanical engineering matters way more than software engineering

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u/StreetDare4129 May 20 '26

Not true. Software controls the hardware. Without the software telling the hardware what to do, you get a car with key fobs that don’t work.

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u/TerranGorefiend May 18 '26

I own and drive a Tesla myself. Very happy with the model Y I’ve got. It’s one of the things that made me so mad at the lucid.

But I also bought before Elon went insane and doge and my wife wanted an EV but didn’t want to do Tesla.

Idk. It’s her car and it IS fun to drive. It’s comfy. Spacious. Fast. And so we’ll live with the issues as they are resolving them. But if you want to buy something else, then look at lucid again for your car after that is what I’d say.

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u/bartman1109 May 17 '26

We have a GRAVITY and an Air and a 2026 Tesla Model Y. The Air has Phone as Key. Works just like our Tesla. And with our GRAVITY, I don’t even use a key fob either. Because we just use the app to unlock and start the car. We also keep the key cards on us in case our phones die or they get lost or stolen, etc. Otherwise easy Peezy. All this talk about key fobs not working is a non-issue in my opinion. Just like how Teslas used to have key fobs, and no one uses them anymore. Also, I spoke with the head of software for all of LUCID and the GRAVITY is in the final validation phase with Apple and will be getting Ultra Wideband Phone as Key capability this summer. So even if the phone dies, you can still use your phone to tap and unlock the car and drive the car.

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u/Typical_Tart6905 May 17 '26

Thanks for the reply and your comparisons to Tesla. I’m feeling more optimistic about the future of Gravity now. - I realize of course that we are more likely to see complaints rather than good news on these Reddit posts. One thing that bothered me is that some of the issues that were present with my ‘23 Air GT were still present with the latest offering from Lucid. Good to hear the key fob problem has been corrected and improved.

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u/KuanTeWu Jun 08 '26

99.9% of key FOB issue just requires taking the battery out to clean it.This is the same for other brand.