- Lucid’s Air model does not have the native NACS load port of the new gravity
- Consequently, Lucid now offers an adapter to customers
- But it has a cost and loading speeds
The Californian manufacturer EV Lucid has announced that it will offer owners of older air models the possibility of buying a DC NACS-CCS1 adapter which will allow vehicles to load from the vast network of compressor from Tesla.
The adapter, which costs $ 220 excluding taxes, will work with any V3 and higher compressor, the owners paying the costs via the Lucid application, with a credit card saved in their lucid portfolio.
However, due to the high -tech electrical architecture 924V praised by lucid air, which allows it to load at 300 kW or more for ultra fast refills, the optional adapter will see loading speeds only 50 kW of the load outlets of 400 V of Tesla.
Lucid says that this will allow drivers to gain up to 200 miles of range per hour of load, which gives owners “additional peace of mind on the road”.
Although it does not offer the fastest load speeds, Tesla has and operates more than 70,000 super-chargers around the world, with nearly 40,000 ports found in dotted lines in the United States, connecting east to west and north to the south.
The Lucid Air already offers an impressive quantity of all electric range, but its 2026 air tour will receive a 6%increase, bearing the total beach estimated in EPA to 431 miles. The rest of the range can tackle a 512 miles mammoth on a single load.
Analysis: electric vehicles exceed the loading network
The optional adapter of Lucid could remove a handful of owners from a long -term travel connection, but it looks like an additional expenditure for not a huge advantage – 50 kW load speeds look like an antiquity now.
But the problem that many new manufacturers of electric vehicles face an existing and undoubtedly aging load network which was designed for 400 V electrical architecture.
Porsche has circumvented this with the ability to effectively divide the pack of its 800 V Macan EV. Although it is an expensive solution which is ultimately transmitted to the consumer at high prices of stickers.
Likewise, there was an outcry when Mercedes-Benz suggested that its new CLA 800 V would not be able to load 400 V sockets, potentially flying the owners of the possibility of connecting to the wide range of sockets inherited in service.
Mercedes explained during the recent launch that only the first models would be affected, declaring that it would adapt to an adapter to the 2026 models which will allow the CLA to take care of effectively at lower speeds.
Unfortunately, the global infrastructure of loading electric vehicles is struggling to catch up with the pace of innovation, with large differences between the load speeds offered in various countries and regions.
Even Tesla, who has undoubtedly introduced electric vehicles in the masses, has trouble deploying her 500 kW compressor network of next generation.
