[paco180]

No company should ever offer free charging, with EA. It sets the wrong message, and hurts the reputation of your company.

 

[Crdgk]

Forgive me for not being kind in advance. If you're having difficulty finding charging stations that would appear to be an issue with lack of planning - not the vehicle. Certainly EA leaves a lot to be desired - but you could have easily purchased an NACS to CCS or NACS to J1772 adapter in advance of your trip and stopped at ANY supercharger. EA isn't the only charging network for CCS/J1772 cars. Certainly, there are dead spots, but given enough forethought this would not have been an issue.

Lucid doesn't own EA - they have very little influence on the number of charging stations, locations etc. This is especially laughable because you"made the trip last year in my Tesla" - so you are aware of the chargers that Tesla has - and where.

Sorry - I just don't buy it!

this answer is incorrect. Buying a Tesla tap or similar device does NOT get you access to a Tesla supercharger, only the Tesla destination chargers at hotels or parking garages,etc. those are designed for overnight charging only. Far less current. There are very very few Tesla superchargers that recently opened to CCS charging. Having said this,we all talk as if EA is only possible charger but there are multiple vendors with CCS charging, just not free.

 

[ericatdss]

No company should ever offer free charging, with EA. It sets the wrong message, and hurts the reputation of your company.

That's not really a valid claim. Certainly, charging infrastructure is problematic in the US. EA has its problems. But I've have very successful charging results - especially since Lucid and EA got on the same page. For the last several months it's just plug-n-play.

In any given scenario - you could say "EVGo sucks" or "Chargepoint" is useless because it's only 7kw. But they all have their place.

 

[ericatdss]

this answer is incorrect. Buying a Tesla tap or similar device does NOT get you access to a Tesla supercharger, only the Tesla destination chargers at hotels or parking garages,etc. those are designed for overnight charging only. Far less current. There are very very few Tesla superchargers that recently opened to CCS charging. Having said this,we all talk as if EA is only possible charger but there are multiple vendors with CCS charging, just not free.

Perhaps I'm a bit early on any Tesla SC. That's definitely available in select locations but will be available nationwide very soon.

Either way - there are multiple alternatives. Just not free.

 

[Tommy]

I took a trip in my Rivian truck from Orlando Florida to San Antonio Texas and had none of these issues. We charged on mostly Electrify America and while they have a lot of room for improvement we made it fine.

In the fall we are driving to California in our Lucid. I’ve mapped out the charging network for that trip and I’m pretty confident we will be okay.

I have to post my displeasure with my Air. I have numerous pro legs at electrify america charging stations to the point I have them on speed dial. I am in the process of a cross country trip and have to tell anyone thinking about one DO NOT attempt it. Only a very kind BMW dealership in Pensacola Florida who let me charge enough to get to the next charging station 250 miles away could have made this trip impossible. I made the drive last year in my Tesla and had no problems. In a car that cost twice as much I would think that they could get electrify america to put a couple of stations in Alabama and Florida panhandle. In my model 3 it took 5 days, in my Jeep 4 days, in this Lucid I am in day 6 and still not home! Twice I had to find hotels with charging stations in order to complete the trip. If there was a Tesla dealership in Pensacola I would have taken the loss and traded it in.i have my Air 90 days and it has been serviced twice, a week in their Scottsdale service center. Maybe in a day or two I will feel better about this car, but maybe not.

 

[Jeffrey f]

I took a trip in my Rivian truck from Orlando Florida to San Antonio Texas and had none of these issues. We charged on mostly Electrify America and while they have a lot of room for improvement we made it fine.

In the fall we are driving to California in our Lucid. I’ve mapped out the charging network for that trip and I’m pretty confident we will be okay.

Had my car for eight months absolutely love it

 

[eric.ladror]

Sorry to hear your sour view of the product. I have had my GT for about 8 months. Experienced some hiccups with software and charging early on, but attributed it to the nature of a startup, similar to my experience with my Model S. But I had confidence [and hope] that the company would fix the bugs, which they have done. Fabulous vehicle. Only significant issue is the number and dependability of the EA charging network. Standardization of the charging ports is necessary.

You just have to call them again. Some of their employees are not trained enough. Thousands of reservations were cancelled and deposit refunded.

 

[Tommy]

I’m on the last 1000 miles of an 8000 mile road trip from Florida to California and back. The car has performed great.
I bought my Touring in May and I’m very happy with it. I love the way it drives and rides. I have no regrets

 

[eric.ladror]

I would not recommend Lucid Motors to any of my friends & family. I have $500 deposit for Lucid Air Pure for over 2 years. Recently I asked to cancel my reservation and asked for the $500 deposit - refund. Sales team email me that the deposit is non-refundable. Although the website says, " The Reservation Payment is fully refundable to you should you choose to abandon your reservation at any point prior to placing an order. You are under no obligation to purchase a Lucid Air from us and we reserve the right to cancel your reservation and refund your Reservation Payment.” I am truly concerned! I will see what I can do to get my deposit back. Stay away from Lucid Motors!

I think you have some gripe against Lucid. You obviously talked to the wrong person because Lucid does refund the deposits. Just call again and cool off before you write your nonsense.

 

[eric.ladror]

I would not recommend Lucid Motors to any of my friends & family. I have $500 deposit for Lucid Air Pure for over 2 years. Recently I asked to cancel my reservation and asked for the $500 deposit - refund. Sales team email me that the deposit is non-refundable. Although the website says,
" The Reservation Payment is fully refundable to you should you choose to abandon your reservation at any point prior to placing an order. You are under no obligation to purchase a Lucid Air from us and we reserve the right to cancel your reservation and refund your Reservation Payment.”
I am truly concerned! I will see what I can do to get my deposit back. Stay away from Lucid Motors!

I think you have some gripe against Lucid without any objective reason. Lucid does refund the deposits. Just call again and make sure you talk to the right person. And cool off before you write your nonsense.

 

[vhillmd]

I would not recommend Lucid Motors to any of my friends & family. I have $500 deposit for Lucid Air Pure for over 2 years. Recently I asked to cancel my reservation and asked for the $500 deposit - refund. Sales team email me that the deposit is non-refundable. Although the website says, " The Reservation Payment is fully refundable to you should you choose to abandon your reservation at any point prior to placing an order. You are under no obligation to purchase a Lucid Air from us and we reserve the right to cancel your reservation and refund your Reservation Payment.” I am truly concerned! I will see what I can do to get my deposit back. Stay away from Lucid Motors!

shaskyap33, are you a secret “Teslarati” trying to crap on Lucid?

 

[mrgaryc16]

shaskyap33, are you a secret “Teslarati” trying to crap on Lucid?

Could also be someone who shorted the stock and is doing what they can to hurt sales. Clearly more to this. Not only that, but if you buy a Lucid why would you care if someone had to go through some hoops to get their deposit refunded. Has no impact on how great this car is (or isn't).

 

[PB 02]

I would not recommend Lucid Motors to any of my friends & family. I have $500 deposit for Lucid Air Pure for over 2 years. Recently I asked to cancel my reservation and asked for the $500 deposit - refund. Sales team email me that the deposit is non-refundable. Although the website says,
" The Reservation Payment is fully refundable to you should you choose to abandon your reservation at any point prior to placing an order. You are under no obligation to purchase a Lucid Air from us and we reserve the right to cancel your reservation and refund your Reservation Payment.”
I am truly concerned! I will see what I can do to get my deposit back. Stay away from Lucid Motors!

Your $500 refundable or non- refundable deposit has nothing to do with actual car performance. You haven’t even purchased the car yet so you shouldn’t be the one posting any review to begin with !! This is a car performance forum and not stock forum.

 

[vhillmd]

Your $500 refundable or non- refundable deposit has nothing to do with actual car performance. You haven’t even purchased the car yet so you shouldn’t be the one posting any review to begin with !! This is a car performance forum and not stock forum.

Agreed!!

 

[Tomcrown]

Could also be someone who shorted the stock and is doing what they can to hurt sales. Clearly more to this. Not only that, but if you buy a Lucid why would you care if someone had to go through some hoops to get their deposit refunded. Has no impact on how great this car is (or isn't).

Going through hoops in order to get your refund deposited is a sign of a company that is not financially stable.
Lucid stock is down to the lack of sales. To be fair all car manufactures are experiencing a lack of sales. Even Tesla.
Lucid has not met any of its projected goal yet. That will determine stock value.
Short sellers is an easy answer but it doesn’t hold water. Tesla had its stock attacked by short sellers who lost on their bet. Tesla at the time had very strong demand thus the short sellers could not influcence the stock price for Tesla in the long run.
Lucid’s needs to find a way to attract more buyers. It may through making a cheaper priced car or coming out with a feature unique to Lucid like face recognization in order to open the door. There is only one car manufacture that had this feature that I know of. It’s Faraday Future which I don’t think has delivered any vehicals yet. Their cars start at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I don’t think this company will make it.
Lastly I will admit Lucid is the range king. They are also the fast charging king if one can find a fast charger capable of the power needed to fast charge Lucid in 15 minutes going from 20% charge to 80%

 

[Crdgk]

"Going through hoops in order to get your refund deposited is a sign of a company that is not financially stable. "

@Tomcrown, have to disagree here. Spent 45min on phone with Verizon yesterday trying to change an incorrect statement after ordering a new iPhone. This is a widespread problem with cutting customer support to decrease costs.
Has nothing to do with the car so the title of this post, Dont Buy, is highly misleading as others have pointed out.

 

[Zenithredgt60]

If you placed an order two years ago the deposit was non refundable at the time they asked you to agree to the production specifications because they were then committing to produce the car. For me this was Dec 8th 2021. I originally put my deposit in late September 2021. This was an unwritten statement from the sales team at the time as I believe the deposit terms said non refundable. I also thought the non GT deposits were 300 dollars rather than 500. The fact that lucid is not refunding the deposit has nothing to do with their financial stability but rather the terms between you and them. There are many reasons why someone might short Lucid stock but this is not one of them.