New Lucid Air update exposes serious hardware problem of used luxury EVs

[Redaktion]

US automaker Lucid Motors is rolling out new software for its EVs, but early buyers of the luxury Lucid Air face an expensive surprise. With their processors already underpowered after just 2 years, owners will have to take their cars to a service center for the UX update, a more or less shocking wake-up call for the used EV market.

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[Collin Black]

This seems like sensationalism. Framing an optional $950 processor upgrade as a "serious hardware problem." The older Lucid Air models work perfectly fine on their existing software, and offering an official hardware retrofit to run the newest interface is actually a surprisingly pro-consumer move compared to traditional automakers who abandon older chipsets. When you consider that replacing a single broken LED taillight assembly on a modern Cadillac Escalade or Chevy Tahoe routinely costs over $1,000 for parts and labor, paying under $950 to give a four-year-old vehicle's infotainment system modern computing power is a very reasonable cost for luxury car maintenance.