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New Charging Knowledge Center article

I didn't realize this:

Lucid Air Charging Tips​

1. Even if you don’t need to recharge your battery, try to plug in whenever you can. This is because your vehicle can more easily regulate your battery’s temperature using an external power source, ensuring your battery health remains higher, longer.

So based on this I should always keep my car plugged up at home 🤔
 
Thanks @marqie. I noticed the following:

Improving Cold Weather Performance​

Another benefit of battery preconditioning is improved cold weather performance. When your battery pack is cold, it doesn’t transfer energy as efficiently, which can affect range and vehicle performance. As you drive, your battery will warm up on its own, but by preconditioning your battery before you drive, you will notice less of an effect of the cold weather on your driving.
When it’s freezing outside, use Remote Climate in the Lucid mobile app to warm your cabin and start battery preconditioning at the same time. Your drive will be much more comfortable.
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I've not heard this recommendation before, but it sounds like you're recommending that in cold weather, you're suggesting it's more efficient to "battery precondition" prior to heading out in the morning, in addition to warming the cabin. In effect, warming the battery before leaving. I assume this would be inefficent for short trips, but for those of us with a 60 minute+ commute, can you confirm that it's more efficient energy wise to precondition? Any additional info appreciated. Thanks!
 
Knowledge is happening already! :)
 
@marqie Thanks for the link. I also recommend letting new users know what normal noises can be expected while DCFC and AC charging (especially during high ambient temps and high SOC).

On topic of AC charging, I am seeing something new on my Air. While in the garage for several days and lower ambient temperature (70-80 degrees), and using the app without unlocking the vehicle, I am sometimes noticing a very high pitched whine and gurgling sound when I open the charge port and before I even plug in. Once I plug in, the sound will stop after a few minutes. It sounds like it is coming from somewhere underneath the vehicle and towards the center and doesn't sound like the AC compressor. Of course, when I tried to duplicate it and capture audio, it didn't happen. This started a month or so ago from what I can recall. I'm debating if this is something that I should bring up to service.
 
Tim-in-CA said:
....On topic of AC charging, I am seeing something new on my Air. While in the garage for several days and lower ambient temperature (70-80 degrees), and using the app without unlocking the vehicle, I am sometimes noticing a very high pitched whine and gurgling sound when I open the charge port and before I even plug in...
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Mine does the same. I think that's a coolant pump. Its operation during (anticipated?) L2 charging seems to have changed with an OTA in the past few months.
 
DeaneG said:
Mine does the same. I think that's a coolant pump. Its operation during (anticipated?) L2 charging seems to have changed with an OTA in the past few months.
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Thanks. Good to know that I'm not the only one seeing this and yea, it's probably been happening for a few months and seeing as I don't drive and need to charge often, I didn't correlate it with a FW update. Yet another reason that the Lucid charging FAQ should include expected noises (and potentially include a recording).
 
Since it is recommended to keep the car plugged in whenever it is possible, I notice the car keep charging and stopping whenever it dips below the limit

It the limit is set at 80% and the car is plugged, once it goes down to 79% it will start charging again … is this ok? I feel it is going to be annoying since this is going to happen couple times a day and you get messages ,,, maybe it should drop by like 3% for the car to kick start charging again if it has been plugged for awhile
 
I have Home Assistant set up to reduce the charge level by 3 percentage points after the car stops charging--that prevents the charging from starting again. You can do that manually, of course, but the HA makes it very convenient.
 
Very nicely done, Marqie-thank you and the team!
 
Unmutual said:
I have Home Assistant set up to reduce the charge level by 3 percentage points after the car stops charging--that prevents the charging from starting again. You can do that manually, of course, but the HA makes it very convenient.
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I smile whenever I hear things like this <3
 
Westchester Air said:
Thanks @marqie. I noticed the following:

Improving Cold Weather Performance​

Another benefit of battery preconditioning is improved cold weather performance. When your battery pack is cold, it doesn’t transfer energy as efficiently, which can affect range and vehicle performance. As you drive, your battery will warm up on its own, but by preconditioning your battery before you drive, you will notice less of an effect of the cold weather on your driving.
When it’s freezing outside, use Remote Climate in the Lucid mobile app to warm your cabin and start battery preconditioning at the same time. Your drive will be much more comfortable.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


I've not heard this recommendation before, but it sounds like you're recommending that in cold weather, you're suggesting it's more efficient to "battery precondition" prior to heading out in the morning, in addition to warming the cabin. In effect, warming the battery before leaving. I assume this would be inefficent for short trips, but for those of us with a 60 minute+ commute, can you confirm that it's more efficient energy wise to precondition? Any additional info appreciated. Thanks!
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I've thought this to be true for a while but it's nice to hear it directly from Lucid.

@marqie can you please suggest to the development team that they should allow us to precondition the battery from the app to warm it *while* the car is plugged in for L2 charging? I've had to resort to setting my charge limit 10% below where I want it for my drive so that I could charge the last 10% manually an hour before I want to leave and warm the battery that way.
 
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