Lucid Home Charger Delayed

[Grewsome]

I bought my car last week, but because of the way Lucid does their charging credit, I couldn't buy the charger until after I picked up the car. So its been a week of level 1 charging at home, with a bit of range anxiety. I might have to top off at a friend's level 2 or hit up an EA (although none close by). But no big deal though, the charger is going to ship Nov 20th. I can deal with this for a week or 2.

Until I see this this morning. Shipping date moved to end of January? I guess I got to go buy a different charger and just eat the credit. I'm not dealing with this for another few months. My electrician recommends the Tesla Universal Charger. Does that sounds right? Will I need an adapter? Will it be slow? I thought i read the Lucid is painfully slow at Lucid superchargers, not sure if that applies to all Tesla chargers.

 

[ColonelBadger]

How about the Marketplace

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For Sale Thread 'New Lucid Connected Home Charging Station (80 Amps, 240 Volt)'

Oct 28, 2024

Brand new in box....Box only opened to show contents.

$700 if picked up locally, or will ship for $50.
Picture of the one on the wall shows what it looks like installed.

Located in Jacksonville, Fl.32250

• Viktor VonDoom
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Lucid Marketplace

 

[Buffalo Bob]

I bought my car last week, but because of the way Lucid does their charging credit, I couldn't buy the charger until after I picked up the car. So its been a week of level 1 charging at home, with a bit of range anxiety. I might have to top off at a friend's level 2 or hit up an EA (although none close by). But no big deal though, the charger is going to ship Nov 20th. I can deal with this for a week or 2.

Until I see this this morning. Shipping date moved to end of January? I guess I got to go buy a different charger and just eat the credit. I'm not dealing with this for another few months. My electrician recommends the Tesla Universal Charger. Does that sounds right? Will I need an adapter? Will it be slow? I thought i read the Lucid is painfully slow at Lucid superchargers, not sure if that applies to all Tesla chargers.



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Are you by any chance in the Seattle area? I have a new one sitting in my daughter's garage waiting for our new townhouse to be built, and they haven't even broken ground yet. You would be welcome to take mine, and then give me yours when it arrives. You would have to pick it up, as I'm in Arizona now, and I don't want to bug my daughter with shipping it.

 

[bikeriderbryan]

You could purchase a charger off Amazon/Ebay, etc. Then sell your Lucid charger when it arrives. Honestly the biggest draw when I purchased the Lucid charger was the 1K credit. Quite a few chargers have mobile apps which is lacking with the Lucid charger.

 

[Grewsome]

I was thinking about the marketplace. But the Tesla unit is only $420. If that works well and is recommended by my electrician (who has never installed a Lucid charger) I might go that direction. I wasn't planning on installing the 100 amp line anyway to reap the only benefit I know of for the Lucid charger.

Either way, the charging credit is monopoly money at this point with no product to buy. I guess I could sell it myself when it eventually comes, but looks like the market is pretty flooded.

 

[Grewsome]

Are you by any chance in the Seattle area? I have a new one sitting in my daughter's garage waiting for our new townhouse to be built, and they haven't even broken ground yet. You would be welcome to take mine, and then give me yours when it arrives. You would have to pick it up, as I'm in Arizona now, and I don't want to bug my daughter with shipping it.

That's an awesome offer. Totally cool of you. But I'm in Chicago area. Thanks though.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

That's an awesome offer. Totally cool of you. But I'm in Chicago area. Thanks though.

EV ROAD TRIP!!!!!

 

[bikeriderbryan]

EV ROAD TRIP!!!!!

@Grewsome Or let UPS do the driving for you. It can't cost that much to ship.

 

[Pragmatic]

Do the swap using UPS, assuming both parties are agreeable.

I'm purchasing a Grizzl-e Ultimate 48a this week for under $400 which I think is a bargain for an OCPP charger.

 

[DeaneG]

... I guess I got to go buy a different charger and just eat the credit. I'm not dealing with this for another few months. My electrician recommends the Tesla Universal Charger. Does that sounds right? Will I need an adapter? Will it be slow? I thought i read the Lucid is painfully slow at Lucid superchargers, not sure if that applies to all Tesla chargers....

The Air can't currently charge at a Tesla Supercharger at all, except for the very few locations with Magicdock.
Fortunately this has nothing to do with the AC charging you'd use at home. The Air should charge fine from any J1772 style level 2 home charger, including Tesla's Universal Wall connector - though I do not recall reading of someone mentioning that this particular combination worked.

 

[sdlucid]

@Grewsome Or let UPS do the driving for you. It can't cost that much to ship.

This. I used this website called Pirateship which costs cheaper but still be using UPS. Shipping the Lucid charger costs about $30. I used this service twice. Once for Lucid charger, and another time for Tesla connector.

 

[borski]

This. I used this website called Pirateship which costs cheaper but still be using UPS. Shipping the Lucid charger costs about $30. I used this service twice. Once for Lucid charger, and another time for Tesla connector.

Pirateship is great. I use them and Shippo all the time (I have an old Shippo account from when I ran my last company, so it’s easier sometimes)

Pricing tends to be the same across them though.

 

[tonybot]

Pirateship is great. I use them and Shippo all the time (I have an old Shippo account from when I ran my last company, so it’s easier sometimes)

Pricing tends to be the same across them though.

+1 for Pirateship!

 

[Amster]

That's an awesome offer. Totally cool of you. But I'm in Chicago area. Thanks though.

Too bad. I was going to give you the same offer as @Buffalo Bob if you were in So Cal. I have a new charger sitting in it's box in my garage too that I'm not planning to install until at least sometime next year.

 

[rfc805]

That's an awesome offer. Totally cool of you. But I'm in Chicago area. Thanks though.

Having had the same thing happen to me, I have a spare charger after receiving mine. If you're in the North Burbs, I could let you borrow one or sell you my extra.

The one I bought spare is https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C94HPCPD?psc=1

Assuming you already have an outlet that is. If you're getting set up for an 80A hardwire then it wouldn't help you too much unless you can put an outlet in temporarily. Generally I'd recommend you have a mobile charger of some sort.