Charging now that it's no longer free. . .

[fyellin]

Two years ago, I picked up the car on a Thursday, and the next day I drove from San Francisco to LA. Now, I'm about to repeat the trip, but this time I don't have free charging. So I've got a couple of what I hope aren't really stupid questions.

#1) Does my car connect with EA using the Lucid app? Or do I need to go through EA directly? Is there any sort of discount for using the Lucid app, or is it the same price as if I just used a credit card?

#2) Obviously I'm no longer stuck just using EA. Are there better chargers out there along I-5? Same price? How do I find the fastest chargers?

 

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#1) Does my car connect with EA using the Lucid app? Or do I need to go through EA directly? Is there any sort of discount for using the Lucid app, or is it the same price as if I just used a credit card?

You can do either. You can add a credit card for charging to your account at lucidmotors.com and plug-and-charge should work like it used to, just with a bill at the end. If you don't, or if you start your charge with a credit card or the EA app first, you'll skip the Lucid account. Lucid doesn't currently have any discounted rates (though the plan is to change that at some point), so it's the same as EA with no EA membership. EA's membership rates are cheaper if you're going to charge more than a couple times.

#2) Obviously I'm no longer stuck just using EA. Are there better chargers out there along I-5? Same price? How do I find the fastest chargers?

Our west coasterners will have more specific advice, but always check plugshare.com to find chargers and check their recent reviews. You can filter by (advertised) speed, then check reviews to see what people have actually been getting. Just disregard when the Chevy Bolt owners complain that they aren't getting the full 350kW...

 

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You can do either. You can add a credit card for charging to your account at lucidmotors.com and plug-and-charge should work like it used to, just with a bill at the end. If you don't, or if you start your charge with a credit card or the EA app first, you'll skip the Lucid account. Lucid doesn't currently have any discounted rates (though the plan is to change that at some point), so it's the same as EA with no EA membership. EA's membership rates are cheaper if you're going to charge more than a couple times.


Our west coasterners will have more specific advice, but always check plugshare.com to find chargers and check their recent reviews. You can filter by (advertised) speed, then check reviews to see what people have actually been getting. Just disregard when the Chevy Bolt owners complain that they aren't getting the full 350kW...

And I thought my CCS to NACS adapter giveaway to Bolt owners was going so well...