Public Event Detail
Lucid Buys Back YouTuber’s Air After 11 Months of Major Software Glitches
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Event summary
Lucid has agreed to buy back a Lucid Air sedan owned by YouTuber Jason Fenske of "Engineering Explained" after 11 months of persistent software glitches, culminating in numerous failures during a single weekend trip. Fenske documented these issues in a widely viewed video, prompting Lucid to offer a buyback under consumer-protection law as a replacement vehicle of exact specification was impractical. Despite praising the car's engineering, Fenske declined a new lease due to increased costs and the risk of recurring software problems, while a loaner Gravity SUV also displayed faults.