Just leased the Air Pure and have a destination question. Later this month my wife and I are driving to LV from Long Beach CA for about a week, staying at the Venetian. I am concerned about the heat which can get upwards of 110. Any Lucid owner have any thoughts or suggestions about dealing with this heat and the car's reaction to it?
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Driving to and staying in Las Vegas
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Charge to 100%. Charge in Baker. Run AC like normal. Enjoy.
Thanks. I also hear that Pimm is a good place to charge as well. Any problems with the heat while in Vegas. The manual indicates that prolonged exposure to temps above 105 is not good for the car.
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You won't have a problem other than range. The heat will negatively impact your range but the car can handle it otherwise. Typically our heat here in Scottsdale is about 5 degrees greater than Las Vegas heat and the Lucids (and other EVs) do fine.
BTW, I have spent a lot of time in Las Vegas (for several years Las Vegas Sands -- i.e., the Venetian and Palazzo -- was my largest client) and if you at all like Thai food go off the strip and try out Lotus of Siam. Great northern Thai food.
I live in Phoenix and it's not uncommon to regularly drive in 110-115 temps. You'll definitely hear the fans going, and likely feel them in the steering wheel. Totally normal. Use the mobile app to pre-cool the car before you get into it.
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No problems with heat. I've spent many weeks in Vegas during 110+ days and just recently did a trip from Southern California to Texas and back in the heat wave two weeks ago where the entire trip was 100+ degrees. On that trip I covered 1000 miles a day in 100+ temps. No problems with the temps or anything else at EA and Ionna (Wilcox, AZ) charging stations either and was still maxing out at 300+ kW charging speeds throughout the drive.
