Lucid Air for daily use as home battery?

[SaratogaLefty]

In the Wunderbox tech talk it very clearly states that the box has a 19.2 kw “bi directional” AC to DC converter. The inverter on each motor has no capability to produce AC power except to drive the motor. The Lucid wall charger does not convert any voltages, it simply provides an 80 amp electrical interface to a 240 volt, 100 amp breaker. To make it function as a power supplier to your home there is additional equipment required to isolate your home from the grid, this is common in generator installations. Of course, Lucid has to have the software operable to tell it to supply power instead of recieve power. If it can charge a vehicle it already has the software to supply power using the Wnderbox.

I seem to remember in one of the early Lucid information videos they did show one Lucid Air transferring power to another Lucid Air.

 

[crareman]

Yes, "future applications for all customers". V-to-V

at 23:14

 

[SaratogaLefty]

See 21:50 on the video.

 

[Phil Glaser]

Note that the AC out of the Wunderbox is three phase (according to the Wunderbox talk). What you need to use the Lucid batteries to power home loads is single phase. This might be unavailable from the Wunderbo. Also, as already noted, you MUST isolate the Lucid power from the power lines (let’s not electrocute the power line repair people!). This latter can be ensured by using extension cord;make sure that they are heavy duty ones.

 

[OldAg]

Where in the talk does it say that, I couldn’t find it nor would it make sense, almost no homes have 3 phase power.
The motor inverters make 3 phase power.

 

[Alex]

Note that the AC out of the Wunderbox is three phase (according to the Wunderbox talk). What you need to use the Lucid batteries to power home loads is single phase. This might be unavailable from the Wunderbo. Also, as already noted, you MUST isolate the Lucid power from the power lines (let’s not electrocute the power line repair people!). This latter can be ensured by using extension cord;make sure that they are heavy duty ones.

If you watch the above video, you can see that they are powering a Lucid with another Lucid. It’s obvious the output power is 2-phase, since the mobile connector accepts 2 phase: The output power from a Lucid goes through the J1772 connector which is only capable of 2-phase.

It’s possible the Wunderbox can handle bidirectional 3-phase in Europe, since the CC2 connector is capable of that, but that is not discussed in the above video.