Adapter for charging lucid at tesla supercharger
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There is no adapter and you’re currently not able to do that. A few Tesla chargers have been fitted with CCS.
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Currently, the correct one is called Magic Dock.
As the name "Dock" suggests, it's docking, residing at a Tesla Supercharger stall. That's the only place you can use it return it back there. You can't buy it from Amazon or even from Tesla.
Ford and GM can't currently buy a Tesla adapter for their CCS cars. They have to wait until next year in 2024.
It's doubtful that you can buy an adapter if your car companies don't have an agreement with Tesla. In that case you have to use Magic Dock.
To use Magic Dock, you can download Tesla app and see if there is one near you. There are very few for now.
That's just an extra problem which is not unique to the Lucid.
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Yeah you have to park sideways to access it, blocking multiple chargers unless the site you’re at has a separate charger not adjacent to others. The F150 lightning also has a hard time reaching it but can just barely do it, but the Lucid charge port is even further back from the bumper than the Lightning. Don’t waste your time unless you have no other options. I hope V4 stations will actually have the longer cable/magic dock. I’m now wondering however if that’s actually going to happen since now the pressure is on automakers to conform to Tesla standard rather than Tesla to add CCS adapter.
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Yes. The cable is very short as a design to keep non-Tesla cars away.
However, now Tesla doesn't want to say no to money from other brands to use its chargers.
Thus, it has opened up in Europe and people park any way they acrobatically can to reach the short cable.
The issue is one car may be so acrobatic that renders other stalls useless. For Lucid, just park parallel and occupy 3 stalls. It works fine because there's no Tesla security guards to give out tickets but citizens may use stand your ground law to settle parking dispute.
Tesla has since upgraded to v4 with 1000V and longer cables in Europe.
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That's a good explanation for Tesla.
But then how can non-Tesla brand DC Fast Chargers all have very long cables that can reach the whole length of a car?
Despite claimed DC losses, how can new V4 Tesla Superchargers come with longer cables now?
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CCS stations need longer cables to accommodate all EVs, although I don't think they will reach the length of the car. Lucids & Rivians need to pull in nose first. My GV-60 needs to be backed in.
Tesla has the advantage of being standardized. Every car has the charge port in the same place.
The longer cables will have more losses, but they will still work.
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I think this is a positive not a negative. The Tesla design now NACS is much better. I hope any animosity at Lucid re Tesla does not delay them from making the inevitable and right decision to go to NACS, and yes, with Ford and GM on board it is inevitable. I‘m fine with buying and having an adaptor in the trunk.Yeah you have to park sideways to access it, blocking multiple chargers unless the site you’re at has a separate charger not adjacent to others. The F150 lightning also has a hard time reaching it but can just barely do it, but the Lucid charge port is even further back from the bumper than the Lightning. Don’t waste your time unless you have no other options. I hope V4 stations will actually have the longer cable/magic dock. I’m now wondering however if that’s actually going to happen since now the pressure is on automakers to conform to Tesla standard rather than Tesla to add CCS adapter.
What adapter is used to connect to a level 2 tesla charger at a hotel, business, etc.?
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The newer cables are water cooled and also thinner. And why would Tesla initially make longer cables, when it was not necessary for their cars? If other manufacturers at the time really wanted to use the Tesla superchargers, they could have standardized on the charge port location. I think it’s a chicken/egg problem, Tesla didn’t make the cable shorter because they didn’t want others to charge. There were no others, other than a Nissan, and they had their own standard.
I remember when I had my first Tesla Model S more than 10 years ago, the DC fast chargers where no more than 50kW, with CCS1 more rare than ChaDeMo. Those chargers had longer fatter cables, but then they were only 50kW.
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There are several threads discussing this. Here is one
Charging at a Tesla Station
I'm thinking I should have an adapter for Tesla cahrging for when I'm on the road, odds are I would be using it a destination charger at a hotel, and with the occasional to use at a road station if needed. With all that does it make sense to get an 80 amp Tesla Tap or just opt for a 48 amp...
lucidowners.com
I have an adapter to use Tesla destination chargers... but understand that Tesla is opening their service to everyone... just need a special adaptor,... when will we see this? my friend with a Rivian is supposed to get his next month...
In 2025
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In the quote that you cited, it's 2025.
Just because there's an adapter, that doesn't mean the charge is authorized.
Supercharger authorization can be as below:
1. Magic Dock Superchargers that have built-in CCS1 adapter. The authorization is done by using Tesla app.
2. Your car's brand has authorized it: Ford, Rivian for now. Lucid in 2025.
How fast did it charge and which trim is yours?
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