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We just completed our trip between Orange County California and Jackson Mississippi. 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring - original owner. We have done Orange County to Vegas and Orange County to Greagle, CA before - but not a long haul like this.
Range anxiety is real!
We used an app called A Better Trip Planner and AI for our planning. They knew our year / model of our car and our intent to average 72 miles per hour. They did not allow us to specify that our car was loaded to the brim.
We stayed at 2 airbnb's with level 2 chargers so we could start each morning with 90%
We found driving 72 was not realistic - this machine is meant to drive at high speed - and being passed by junkers and truckers was just not happening!
You must verify all advice of where to charge - we were told we could charge at a Walmart Electrify America in Shreveport, LA and when I checked it the night before it was not showing on the Electrify America app. In light of that we charged extra at the previous stop and sure enough we got to that Walmart and there were NO chargers there! We ended up getting juice at a Charge Point at a car dealership - and no indication on any maps that it was only level 2. UGH. But we were ok.
Our days were way longer than we thought, as charging while you eat lunch, was not always per schedule. Our efficiency of stops was not nearly as good as we thought they would be.
We made an extra charge stop at Vicksburg, Mississippi at a Tesla charger as we were not convinced our calculations or the ones on line were right. We did fine as we had our cheapo Amazon adaptor with us and had a Tesla account set up prior to the trip. If you are planning on using an adaptor, try it a few times at home with the app - just to get the hang of it - when traveling like this, you must reduce the uncertainty as much as you can prior to leaving.
We were shocked at how OFF the calcs were online vs. real life driving. But thankfully we made it without any flatbeds! LOL Lesson learned - have a pre charge stop alternate, a plan A and B for the place you are supposed to charge and charge more than they recommend in case the plan A, B, or C don't work out as you anticipate.
Update - we also had issues with our hands free and adaptive cruise - it would stop working after a long day of driving for our last 150 miles, pretty consistently - called Lucid the first time - no real help - we did the soft and hard reboots. But the next day it worked for the morning and afternoon and then pooped out late at night. Not really sure what that was all about. But man that last leg is when I needed it the most!! Very frustrating.
Range anxiety is real!
We used an app called A Better Trip Planner and AI for our planning. They knew our year / model of our car and our intent to average 72 miles per hour. They did not allow us to specify that our car was loaded to the brim.
We stayed at 2 airbnb's with level 2 chargers so we could start each morning with 90%
We found driving 72 was not realistic - this machine is meant to drive at high speed - and being passed by junkers and truckers was just not happening!
You must verify all advice of where to charge - we were told we could charge at a Walmart Electrify America in Shreveport, LA and when I checked it the night before it was not showing on the Electrify America app. In light of that we charged extra at the previous stop and sure enough we got to that Walmart and there were NO chargers there! We ended up getting juice at a Charge Point at a car dealership - and no indication on any maps that it was only level 2. UGH. But we were ok.
Our days were way longer than we thought, as charging while you eat lunch, was not always per schedule. Our efficiency of stops was not nearly as good as we thought they would be.
We made an extra charge stop at Vicksburg, Mississippi at a Tesla charger as we were not convinced our calculations or the ones on line were right. We did fine as we had our cheapo Amazon adaptor with us and had a Tesla account set up prior to the trip. If you are planning on using an adaptor, try it a few times at home with the app - just to get the hang of it - when traveling like this, you must reduce the uncertainty as much as you can prior to leaving.
We were shocked at how OFF the calcs were online vs. real life driving. But thankfully we made it without any flatbeds! LOL Lesson learned - have a pre charge stop alternate, a plan A and B for the place you are supposed to charge and charge more than they recommend in case the plan A, B, or C don't work out as you anticipate.
Update - we also had issues with our hands free and adaptive cruise - it would stop working after a long day of driving for our last 150 miles, pretty consistently - called Lucid the first time - no real help - we did the soft and hard reboots. But the next day it worked for the morning and afternoon and then pooped out late at night. Not really sure what that was all about. But man that last leg is when I needed it the most!! Very frustrating.
