Lucid Air battery losing nearly 30% more than distance driven

[ASub]

My Lucid Air battery is losing nearly 30% more than distance driven. I bought it in August and have driven just over 2,000 miles. Why is this happening and what can i do to get better mileage.

 

[Bobby]

My Lucid Air battery is losing nearly 30% more than distance driven. I bought it in August and have driven just over 2,000 miles. Why is this happening and what can i do to get better mileage.

Much info about this can be found at www.lucidupdates.com in the FAQ.

 

[Tym]

Ideal range is what’s being displayed.

It isn’t including environmental impacts such as flat road, perfect weather, gentle driving.

 

[Amster]

Ideal range is what’s being displayed.

It isn’t including environmental impacts such as flat road, perfect weather, gentle driving.

That is true. If you get on a relatively even road on a clear day and drive a steady 65 to 70 and do not speed up quickly, you will see every one of the stated miles. I tested mine last year just to see it with my own eyes. I don't drive that way normally, so yes, I lose about 25% of the stated miles. This is my first full EV, but I had a PHEV before this and was losing about 20% of the stated battery range. So it wasn't a surprise to me.

 

[Sam6062]

It just means you are driving this Car the way it was meant to be driven and what they said above. Over 8.5K Miles my avg is 3.1

 

[EZEVDriver]

Yesterday, I did a roundtrip to LA. Not much traffic, set it to 70mph and forgot about it. With a few slowdowns to 30mph, my efficiency was 4.5 kw/mi roundtrip. Those slowdowns, unless they are stop-and-start are great for efficiency. So I second what the other posters are saying - you can get the advertised efficiency, but you need efficient driving habits to do it.

 

[borski]

So I second what the other posters are saying - you can get the advertised efficiency, but you need efficient driving habits to do it.

… and that’s no fun! jk

 

[Amster]

… and that’s no fun! jk

No joking about it. What's the fun in that?

 

[AwesoM]

We did 350 miles over the weekend. We drove from Richmond to DC to Skyline Drive to Charlottesville back to Richmond. Trip started with relatively flat to hilly highways to secondary roads. Driving the way I wanted we averaged 3.8. Admittedly it was very spirited going to DC, going through Skyline was more tamed, Charlottesville to Richmond was spirited again. Temp
Outside was 60s if I remember correctly AC was set 69-70 blower 3 in front and back. Hope it helps.