Best Practices in Charging and Efficiency

[Luckyismydog]

Would love to hear from EV veterans and those who have owned a Lucid for a while, what your experience is in getting the most out of battery life and driving efficiency. There are different types of chargers, not to mention home charging. What's the best for the car? And what are some things to maximize efficiency.

 

[DeaneG]

Keep it between 20% and 80% when possible, and it's somewhat better to L2 charge at home rather that DCFC all the time. For the most part, EV batteries outlast the car's useful life, so no need to be too obsessed about it.

 

[Tesla2.0]

This are my own rules. Others may correct me if I’m wrong.

On long distance, you can prepare the night before to 100% on L2 charge, on the road keep 10%~90%, especially DCFC L3. Don’t charge excessively if you don’t have to, charge when below 50%.

In the city and everyday, keep in between 20%~80%.

 

[epradox]

2 fold question. Can you change the charging amperage on the app? and if L2 charging at home say at 48a max, is it better to reduce the amperage to get to 80% the next morning rather than leaving it at 48a full time and have it sit at 80% for multiple hours overnight or does it not matter?

 

[DeaneG]

At 80%, it doesn't really matter. You can leave the car at 80% for very long periods of time.

 

[Tesla2.0]

Lucid Air can handle 350 kW DC Fast Charger which is 3181 amperage. 48 amperage is fine, but if you have to charge other device, may be different story.

 

[pam4_AGT]

Can you change the charging amperage on the app?

No you cannot. These were the options before me and I already had a 14-30 receptacle installed in my garage in 2018 as part of a solar project. I did not have an EV then - I was just planning ahead.

1. Plan-A: Lucid provides the NEMA 14-30 adapter which tells the car to limit current to 22-amps. Even though this adapter is pictured in one of their manuals, I wasn't going to hold my breath for it to be available. It still isn't available.

2. Plan-B: I think Tesla allows you to set the charging current. I assumed this was a default feature and would have solved my problem if I bought a 14-50 to 14-30 adapter. I was disappointed to learn that option to set the charging current is not available. That ruled out Plan-B.

3. Plan-C: I had no other option but to buy a charging unit to connect to the 14-30 plug in my garage. That was a Clipper Creek unit. The funny thing is I still have not used it even once and it's almost 4 months since I got my Lucid.

 

[Daniel2022AT]

Would love to hear from EV veterans and those who have owned a Lucid for a while, what your experience is in getting the most out of battery life and driving efficiency. There are different types of chargers, not to mention home charging. What's the best for the car? And what are some things to maximize efficiency.

There is not enough knowledge yet to understand the exact relationship between charging parameters and long term battery life. People will respond with answers but these are really just guesses. We will know much more in ten years.

 

[MikeTz]

Would love to hear from EV veterans and those who have owned a Lucid for a while, what your experience is in getting the most out of battery life and driving efficiency. There are different types of chargers, not to mention home charging. What's the best for the car? And what are some things to maximize efficiency.

Owned EVs since 2013. Sold everyone I owned just before the warranty expires. Plan to do the same with the DEP. My son on the other hand had an early Model S with the 60KW pack and charged it to 90% every time. Sold it 6 years later with 149k on the clock. Battery pack was still delivering around 82% plus of the original numbers. With the latest battery chemistry and BMS systems, a battery pack will easily deliver 1,000 plus charging cycles or 400 k plus miles.

 

[MoniputerLM]

Would love to hear from EV veterans and those who have owned a Lucid for a while, what your experience is in getting the most out of battery life and driving efficiency. There are different types of chargers, not to mention home charging. What's the best for the car? And what are some things to maximize efficiency.

Drive slowly...

 

[Steveinarizona]

Drive slowly...

Never!

 

[julianevjourney]

Today I was watching Lucid’s Chargimg video from the Learning Series and in there it states,

For optimal battery health, we recommend you plug your vehicle in whenever you aren’t driving. This allows your battery to charge when your vehicle is otherwise not being used, and helps maintain optimal battery temperature.

 

[Bunnylebowski]

I’m not worried about battery degradation. If the battery degraded by 40% it would still have better range than a Taycan and still be faster and charge faster. What I’m worried about is battery FAILURE. So if plugging in every night reduces the likelihood of that then I’ll plug in every night. Otherwise I’ll just DCFC a fair amount because it’s free but use home L2 sometimes when I’m not gonna have time to go to a DCFC the next day but need range.

 

[SaratogaLefty]

So I bought this car because I love to drive it. I do almost all of my charging at a local EA station (150KW) even though I can charge at home on a 14-50 outlet. I am not fixated on mi/kwh efficiency. I do not leave the car plugged in at home. I've driven it to Southern CA a couple of times so far and will be going again in a couple of weeks. We usually stop in Paso Robles enroute to charge and grab some lunch. Reality is when we get to Paso Robles (~175 miles) we are still at over 50% SOC but grabbing a quick lunch puts it back up to lower 90's. Then we can drive all around Santa Barbara area for a few days and then head back North and again charge up at Paso Robles. My wife and I are happy to make a stop after a few hours driving so efficiency/range are just not an issue.

 

[Nawppp]

Is there any benefit to charge to 100% every once in awhile? I've been keeping mine between 20-80 as suggested but am wondering if there's any kind of calibration to these things that would require going outside of that range once in awhile.

 

[Spaniard]

Currently I use a 100 amp Tesla home charger for my model S. I am trying to figure out how to use it once I receive (hopefully soon) my GT
Any ideas any of you have would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Tesla2.0]

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[Bill55]

Would love to hear from EV veterans and those who have owned a Lucid for a while, what your experience is in getting the most out of battery life and driving efficiency. There are different types of chargers, not to mention home charging. What's the best for the car? And what are some things to maximize efficiency.

There is much disinformation on this topic.
If you drive minimally keeping the battery between 40-60% is easiest on the battery. 20-80% is frequently listed as it is more practical.
Personally I plug in at home below 50% and charge to 80%.
When going on a road trip I am not afraid to charge to 100%.
Faster charging is harder on the battery.
I usually charge to 80% at Level 3 chargers on the road unless I think I need more based on my charging plan for the road trip.
I like to have some reserve in case my planned charging station has issues.
Unless you are draining the battery very low and then DC fast charging above 80% frequently, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[hydbob]

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Just note, that adapter can only handle up to 48A. Don't screw around and try to charge with 100amp going through it.

 

[epradox]

tesla made a 100amp home charger?