One of the issues I encounter is that EA throttles back the charging speed. It states it on you panel that EA is is restricting the charging rate.
I live in Wisconsin. I use EA charging frequently driving to/from Detroit. There is a scarcity of EA locations in your area and many chargers have been occasionally down for maintenance in the past 6 months. One bright spot of hope. On the other side of Chicagoland (so not helpful to you) there is a new EA location in Michigan City, IN with 6 350 KW chargers. I have been there twice with about 220 KW initial power starting at 20-30% SOC and 45 min preconditioning. Temps 25-40F as of late. So newer EA chargers seem to work better. Worse case I get 150 KW from a 350 KW charger. (Not your locations just generally.) Suggestions: When you can, go to a different location and see if you get better power. Try 45 minutes of preconditioning in cold temps.
Everything you report here is my experience exactly. I wonder if many other owners have strangers come up and ask about the car (always with admiration). I tell them the performance is out of this world, but range is about 1/2 unless temps are 70 and a wind is helping push the car. My greatest complaint right now is the car cannot be taken thru a carwash without risking it becoming convinced that the frunk is open, and one has to reboot the software to get the car back into neutral, and then drive. So I'm not exactly good free advertising for Lucid.
I answered this concern on the other thread. This thread is about EA, not frunk issues.
I know, I apologize Bobby. I'm just so frustrated that Lucid is abandoning me with respect to the frunk/carwash issue. You answered my concern, where I posted a video of what happenned the 2nd time, but it did not solve the problem. I'm convinced it is a software issue, and the tech who came to me home felt the only solution was to hand wash the vehicle. So my posting this complaint on this thread is to make other owners aware. Eventually I'll try the car wash again, and will post a new video on the appropriate thread. Thank god the carwash I go to does not allow cars to collide if one doesn't move at the end; they have excellent software and hardware.
Has yours been activated? Check your app for information.
According to the app it has. I’ll try again today on the way home. I was very surprised by my range actually. We drove 350 miles between Atlanta Georgia and Gainesville Florida. We averaged about 80 miles an hour and 2.8 miles/ kWh. Our actual range was insufficient to make the trip without stopping. I estimate a practical range of 315 miles. We do have the big wheels but that’s a pretty disappointing result.
That’s fairly poor efficiency for good weather highway driving even with 21s. I have a Touring with 21s, my lifetime efficiency is currently 3.2mi/kWh including plenty of Fun driving. In summer it was more like 3.5, but now we’re in the 30s-50s regularly. Highway efficiency for me driving with HA set at 75 or 80 has never been below 3, and is usually more like 3.5+ in good (not rainy or too windy) weather.
Try the same trip at 70.
I would rather die lol
I’m using cruise control and my tires are 45 cold. One thing I will say is there is a lot of wind noise and buffing for a car with a .2 cd.
I know. It sucks. But there is a massive difference in efficiency between 70 and 80. It’s exponential with speed, not linear.
hah, but if you are experiencing that much wind noise, you probably had a strong headwind which means you're efficiency will take a dive.
Not to mention the difference in efficiency between EPA test speed and 70.
Yes. This is the reality with EA more so in CA. During holiday travel, I would also consider 125kW chargepoint or EVgo. And slow down to increase your range.
If you pull up, and find a station with a blank screen, try it anyways as PnC bypasses the screen.
