Unfortunately, from the information we can glean from user experiences here, the individual charging stations and locations are the prime determining factor to the satisfaction of user charger experiences and not the vehicle itself. The two local chargers near me, I've always had success charging, even though they are 150s, they follow the curve closely.
You'll notice a substantial difference in construction and materials. It's a much safer receptacle for daily EV charging.
@menodude - is your issue resolved? Are you still seeing this?
That's new. I just picked up mine a few months ago and was told to keep it at 80% for everyday driving. I've only charged to 100% once and will never do it again. All regen disappears until you drop back down a few percentage points. Next time I do a long trip, I'll charge it up to 95%.
It actually says that in the car when you go to change the settings.
Just to be clear: there's nothing wrong with the regen disappearing; that's totally intentional. It's good to know about, of course, but it's not bad for the battery in and of itself or anything.
I understand that. I just don't like driving the car that way.
Were you there??? SHE said 90% and had a big story about Lucid changing the software recently so that now it is 90%. There was even something about improving the batteries. It sounded good to me but when I saw the car was delivered with it with it set at 85%, I came on here to ask. The only one extrapolating is you. And my entire experience with the three people that were involved in getting my car was horrible. So I do ask what is going on at Lucid to have employees like this. Let's not be so defensive. How is Lucid going to improve if you make excuses for all their shortcomings??
Let's be objective and calm. One of our guidelines is that we don’t make sweeping generalizations based on single events. True, that employee could stand to learn better about charging narratives. Please consider writing a polite email to her explaining this. Her error does not mean there's a systemic problem.
Nobody was putting you down. We’re just not huge fans of histrionics here. If you read the rest of the forum, or search, you’ll find that 80% is indeed the recommended setting for daily use. Making a PSA is fine. Making it into “being disappointed with Lucid and you have to wonder what’s going on there” etc is the histrionics we would like to avoid.
Trust me, I understand what happened. You’ve described it in great detail. Also, please don’t presume to educate me on charging over 80% shortening the life of the batteries. I am very familiar with the concept.
