400kW Gravity Charging!

[037]

Well I know who I won't be buying anything from on the Lucid Marketplace.

I got nothing to sell, my existing wheel and tire collection does not support the Gravity of this mini situation.

 

[RAF42]

I suppose having seen the test models with dual ports on the driver side had me considering the possibility of dual rear ports.
Also, I've seen the Audi Q8 in person with front driver and passenger side charging ports, so it's apparently possible.

Add in the engineering knowledge of the Lucid team, nothing seems impossible for them.


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Fwiw, we also have a Q8 E-Tron, many nice things about the car, though we did not get it with that option. What's more important is that the passenger side charge port (if equipped) won't do DC fast charging, it's only for level 2, though if you get that option it can do 80 amp charging on the passenger side (only) with the right circuit/equipment. 40 amp max on the drivers side port if doing L2.

It would be convenient in our garage layout to have the port for L2 charging on the passenger side, but was not worth the cost or order time as that option was never "in stock" when we purchased the car.

 

[msaunders9430]

In the EPA documents for the Gravity posted on the forum today, page 9 of the Application for Certification says the Gravity max power is 350 kW, not 400kW.
???

 

[DeaneG]

In the EPA documents for the Gravity posted on the forum today, page 9 of the Application for Certification says the Gravity max power is 350 kW, not 400kW. ???

The documents also say that Gravity has an engine displacement of one milliliter. Both are close, but neither is exactly right.

 

[msaunders9430]

The documents also say that Gravity has an engine displacement of one milliliter. Both are close, but neither is exactly right.

And that is a Lucid document.
Cancelling my order!

 

[Elfin]

In the EPA documents for the Gravity posted on the forum today, page 9 of the Application for Certification says the Gravity max power is 350 kW, not 400kW.
???


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It's worse than that, kW is not a unit of current. I think the Gravity can accept DC current of up to 500 Amps.

 

[johnse]

Written by lawyers, not engineers.

 

[DeaneG]

It's worse than that, kW is not a unit of current. I think the Gravity can accept DC current of up to 500 Amps.

And DC current is "Direct Current current". But I think we all say this, along with "hot water heater".

 

[msaunders9430]

The documents also say that Gravity has an engine displacement of one milliliter. Both are close, but neither is exactly right.

And to be clear, my comments questioning just about anything Lucid puts out is not challenging their accuracy.
If anything it's my attempt at continued learning in the ev space.
Confirmation of understanding always in play.

Everytime I think I have a good understanding of something, I'll read something that makes me say "What a minute, I thought ..."
Taking steps forward and hoping to not be going backwards.

I know enough about all this ev stuff to be dangerous to nobody but myself.

 

[flarbear]

And DC current is "Direct Current current". But I think we all say this, along with "hot water heater".

I don't think it is redundant. The "current" in DC is standing in for "nature/directionality of flow" whereas the second use of current is standing in for "measure of amperage". It can't simply mean "amperage" in DC because in its partner term AC, both voltage and amperage change and so the term is half-descriptive if it is really talking specifically about the amperage and more descriptive if it is talking more about "current as in flow".

A better expansion of "DC current" without cutting corners for the standard expansion of "DC" would be "amperage of the unidirectional flow of electricity" and 2 of those terms can incidentally be referred to as "current". "DC amperage" might have been more precise and avoided the overuse of the one word.

Even more oddly, if you are on a DCFC and you are getting to a high SoC and the power is starting to drop, you might refer to the "current DC current" which would be "present amperage of the unidirectional flow of electricity" using 3 definitions of the word "current"...