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Well I got my Lucid Air Touring (early build) back from the shop for the drive system warning / battery imbalance.

Happy surprise is that while the parts seem to suggest a re-manufactured pack was put in: The API says I now I have a SDI (Samsung) celled pack with 100% health and 93.44 KwH storage. IIRC the LG packs were 88 KwH.

Yay more range! My first build run Touring now has the CCCv2 and a new battery pack. I think I'm only missing the heat pump and motor mount upgrades now.

Is it sad / bad to say I hope my front motor fails so I can get that upgrade too?
 
Actually, only the single motor Pure has the 88 kWh battery. Yours should be 92 kWh, but I don't think a little extra cushion is unusual.
 
Thought the 2026 touring gained some range - assumed it was an updated cell for a bit more capacity since the heat pump went in 2025 I think?
 
How do you check the battery?
 
DreamTour said:
Well I got my Lucid Air Touring (early build) back from the shop for the drive system warning / battery imbalance.

Happy surprise is that while the parts seem to suggest a re-manufactured pack was put in: The API says I now I have a SDI (Samsung) celled pack with 100% health and 93.44 KwH storage. IIRC the LG packs were 88 KwH.

Yay more range! My first build run Touring now has the CCCv2 and a new battery pack. I think I'm only missing the heat pump and motor mount upgrades now.

Is it sad / bad to say I hope my front motor fails so I can get that upgrade too?
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Do you know if there's any warranty on your replacement battery?
 
Halodde said:
Do you know if there's any warranty on your replacement battery?
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Same warranty period: I only have 29k miles / 4 years on the car, so warranty will be up at the 8 year limit the rate I'm driving it.

BTW the Samsung Celled battery definitely has a bit more juice than the LG one new originally. Added about 5-6 miles of range fully charged!
 
DreamTour said:
Same warranty period: I only have 29k miles / 4 years on the car, so warranty will be up at the 8 year limit the rate I'm driving it.

BTW the Samsung Celled battery definitely has a bit more juice than the LG one new originally. Added about 5-6 miles of range fully charged!
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My new battery seems like I have a new car. Not only do I have significantly more range and better efficiency with this battery than before the replacement, but I think I have better range and efficiency than when the car was new 3 1/2 years ago. Out of curiosity, how would I know if I got a Samsung battery or what I had previously?
 
Halodde said:
My new battery seems like I have a new car. Not only do I have significantly more range and better efficiency with this battery than before the replacement, but I think I have better range and efficiency than when the car was new 3 1/2 years ago. Out of curiosity, how would I know if I got a Samsung battery or what I had previously?
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https://testmycode.cc , search for "batteryCellType". I think it wasn't until ~2025 they switched to Samsung cells (SDI), so if your car was older it would've been LG (except for Dream Editions I believe?). I'm also not positive that data updates if they swap your pack though.
 
segbrk said:
https://testmycode.cc , search for "batteryCellType". I think it wasn't until ~2025 they switched to Samsung cells (SDI), so if your car was older it would've been LG (except for Dream Editions I believe?). I'm also not positive that data updates if they swap your pack though.
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Thank you. But I don't know how to interpret this:

battery_cell_type: BATTERY_CELL_TYPE_SDI_50GV2 (4)

Field 17, battery_pack_type: BATTERY_PACK_TYPE_AIR_18 (2)
 
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