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Viking said:
Maybe not blankety send them, but given Lucid is high end, and other manufacturers have sent out free adaptors, I think they could have made it free on request. It would have been a nice node to their early customers. An adaptor for us early adaptors.
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Those other manufacturers promised the adapters at the time of sale because they were promising NACS charging as a feature. And as part of that promise they were saying they would have good charging speeds.

Lucid never promised this.
 
My NACS adapter came today. Anyone else get theirs?
 

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Hey, all.

Little late in this adopter game.
Is there a particular difference between the Lucid's NACS to CCS1 Adapter VS other 3rd party products out there? (ex. Lectron, Autodecor, etc adopters with 500 Amps / 1,000V support)

Spec wise, it seems exactly identical, but price wise, 3rd party products are $40 ~ $100 cheaper.
 
northernstar said:
Hey, all.

Little late in this adopter game.
Is there a particular difference between the Lucid's NACS to CCS1 Adapter VS other 3rd party products out there? (ex. Lectron, Autodecor, etc adopters with 500 Amps / 1,000V support)

Spec wise, it seems exactly identical, but price wise, 3rd party products are $40 ~ $100 cheaper.
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Equipments do break sometimes.

When your car is damaged or the adapter melts, Lucid may not cover the warranty due to using a non-Lucid adapter.

In my opinion, the price difference is because of the accountability.
 
Tâm said:
Equipments do break sometimes.

When your car is damaged or the adapter melts, Lucid may not cover the warranty due to using a non-Lucid adapter.

In my opinion, the price difference is because of the accountability.
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northernstar said:
Hey, all.

Little late in this adopter game.
Is there a particular difference between the Lucid's NACS to CCS1 Adapter VS other 3rd party products out there? (ex. Lectron, Autodecor, etc adopters with 500 Amps / 1,000V support)

Spec wise, it seems exactly identical, but price wise, 3rd party products are $40 ~ $100 cheaper.
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I highly recommend the A2Z adapter, but it isn't the cheapest. Cheaper is not better in this case. Either use the Lucid provided one, or the A2Z one. Lectron is probably OK but they have had quality issues on the past. A2Z fully stands behind their products.
 
Tâm said:
Equipments do break sometimes.

When your car is damaged or the adapter melts, Lucid may not cover the warranty due to using a non-Lucid adapter.

In my opinion, the price difference is because of the accountability.
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Hmm.. never thought about that scenario/case before....

Thanks!
 
Knucklehead said:
I highly recommend the A2Z adapter, but it isn't the cheapest. Cheaper is not better in this case. Either use the Lucid provided one, or the A2Z one. Lectron is probably OK but they have had quality issues on the past. A2Z fully stands behind their products.
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Think I saw both Lectron and A2Z on the Car and Driver's best NACS-to-CCS Adapters list before.
Good to know the about history of the quality issue chatters though.

Thanks!
 
Every CPO (charge point operator) technically requires you to use the "manufacturer-supplied adapter." What this means in practice is unclear, but you'd probably find out at the worst possible time.
 
I bought my Air in May and I am planning my first road trip from San Diego to Prescott, AZ, then to Show Low, AZ, then to Globe, AZ then home. After researching the EA charging along the route I decided that I should get a NACS-to-CCS Adapter to get access to the Tesla network in a pinch. I did a lot of research, primarily watching the State of Charge videos on youtube. I wanted to have the safest so I ended up buying a Lectron Vortex Plus last week that has the latest safety certifications. Today I am watching his latest video he says that Tesla says that the only adapters you can use is one provided by Tesla or your manufacturer.
Given that the Lucid NACS-to-CCS Adapter does not claim to be UL-2252 certified, and have been on sale since before the certification even existed, it seems to me that Lectron is safer than the Lucid brand. Should I be worried about this?
 
Seems like you should have just gone with the Lucid official NACS-to-CCS1 adapter, since those have proven to work just fine. But in any case, the Lectron should be fine as well. Also, I would assume you'll be just fine with using EA-exclusively anyways since they have enough EA & APS stations on that route, especially at the two destinations you mentioned. I'd be very surprised if you had to resort to using Tesla SC.
 
7OaksTom said:
I bought my Air in May and I am planning my first road trip from San Diego to Prescott, AZ, then to Show Low, AZ, then to Globe, AZ then home. After researching the EA charging along the route I decided that I should get a NACS-to-CCS Adapter to get access to the Tesla network in a pinch. I did a lot of research, primarily watching the State of Charge videos on youtube. I wanted to have the safest so I ended up buying a Lectron Vortex Plus last week that has the latest safety certifications. Today I am watching his latest video he says that Tesla says that the only adapters you can use is one provided by Tesla or your manufacturer.
Given that the Lucid NACS-to-CCS Adapter does not claim to be UL-2252 certified, and have been on sale since before the certification even existed, it seems to me that Lectron is safer than the Lucid brand. Should I be worried about this?
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The Lectron is a good adapter, you will have no issues with it. I agree with @Professor Y Cars that you will likely not need to use a Tesla charger for this route.
 
It is illogical to say the Lectron is safer than the Lucid, just because Lectron paid for the UL blessing. The Lucid adapter was designed and built in collaboration with the Tesla engineers into whose high amperage equipment we plug our cars into. It has Tesla's blessing. I am sure the Lectron is far far better than the hundreds of Chinese no name shite adapters on Amazon. Lectron's reputation has improved greatly over the years as they work in earnest to distance themselves from the ebay and Amazon adapters that melt. Most importantly, as they guys say, you will not need it on your planned trip
 
MB reportedly just slapped their logo onto Lectron adapters and jacked up the price 25%.
That was the case 2 years back. Don't know about now
 
Have had my Gravity almost a year now. First EV and new to DCFC. I do 95% of my charging at home and have only used DCFC on a couple longer road trips using primarily Tesla superchargers. I have Tesla charger authorized in my car but every time I plug in to a Tesla SC, I get a “An additional step is required” message and have to go into the Lucid app and enter the stall number that I am plugged in to. It then starts charging and bills through my Lucid account (no requirement to use Tesla app). It is my understanding that TRUE Plug and Charge should not require this extra step of entering stall number on the Lucid app.

I called Lucid customer service and they stated that not requiring to enter stall number was only for V3 and V4 SCs. I have subsequently checked and varified that all of the SCs that I charged at were indeed V3 or V4 SCs. Any idea on what I need to do to get this working right (other than calling back to Lucid CS and asking for a more knowledgeable rep as the guy I talked to seemed to not have a clue.)
 
Bdr100 said:
Have had my Gravity almost a year now. First EV and new to DCFC. I do 95% of my charging at home and have only used DCFC on a couple longer road trips using primarily Tesla superchargers. I have Tesla charger authorized in my car but every time I plug in to a Tesla SC, I get a “An additional step is required” message and have to go into the Lucid app and enter the stall number that I am plugged in to. It then starts charging and bills through my Lucid account (no requirement to use Tesla app). It is my understanding that TRUE Plug and Charge should not require this extra step of entering stall number on the Lucid app.

I called Lucid customer service and they stated that not requiring to enter stall number was only for V3 and V4 SCs. I have subsequently checked and varified that all of the SCs that I charged at were indeed V3 or V4 SCs. Any idea on what I need to do to get this working right (other than calling back to Lucid CS and asking for a more knowledgeable rep as the guy I talked to seemed to not have a clue.)
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I have encountered this a couple of times. It is not normal and should not be needed for plug and charge. I believe the issue is caused by a back end communication issue on the Tesla SC side. Another example where Tesla SCs are not as good as many people suggest.
 
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