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Yay, Tesla charging … July 31!

CDrury said:
From the Lucid store
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Thank you
Andretex said:

Lucid Motors 2025 : All Lucid Airs Gain Access to 23,500+ Tesla Superchargers; 2026 Lucid Air Lineup Continues Range and Efficiency Leadership

Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, today announced updates and enhancements to the Lucid Air model lineup to deliver increased convenience and peace-of-mind to owners. The updated 2026 lineup maintains or increases its industry-leading range...
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  • Access to the Tesla Supercharger network will be available for all Lucid Air models beginning July 31, with a Lucid-approved adapter

What qualifies as a Lucid approved adapter?
 
dddesir said:
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  • Access to the Tesla Supercharger network will be available for all Lucid Air models beginning July 31, with a Lucid-approved adapter

What qualifies as a Lucid approved adapter?
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I think any good quality adapter should work. But Lucid may want us to buy the one from the lucid store. I already have a good one from Lectron. It should work just fine. The key is making sure they are approved for the kW you are using. So Lucid needs something that can handle 500 kw.
 
I have charged at a fair number of Tesla sites in a GMC Sierra. The GMC can pull 180kW. 50kW is not great, but it is really nice to add so many locations. The other plus is so many of the Tesla locations are better in terms of nearby services.
I ordered Lucid adapter. I’ll try the GMC adapter and report back once open.
 
I'm new to EVs so I'm a bit in the dark about why the limitation of 50kw at a Tesla station. I asked ChatGPT, and got this answer: "Lucid has not yet announced full NACS integration, so Tesla limits Lucid vehicles to 50 kW as a safety fallback."

It also mentioned it was a software issue. "A software update from Lucid and backend authorization from Tesla could eventually lift the cap even on current models using an adapter."

I have no idea if this is accurate or whether this is likely to change in the future.
 
agarner said:
I'm new to EVs so I'm a bit in the dark about why the limitation of 50kw at a Tesla station. I asked ChatGPT, and got this answer: "Lucid has not yet announced full NACS integration, so Tesla limits Lucid vehicles to 50 kW as a safety fallback."

It also mentioned it was a software issue. "A software update from Lucid and backend authorization from Tesla could eventually lift the cap even on current models using an adapter."

I have no idea if this is accurate or whether this is likely to change in the future.
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well ChatGPT has no clue. That is completely false and tell it to do some more research.

The Air in its current form will NEVER be able to go higher than 50kW on 500V chargers which is what a majority of Tesla chargers are today. Not even an OTA can fix it, it’s a physical limitation of the hardware in the car.

When Tesla deploys true V4 1000V chargers then the Air will be able to achieve speeds of up to 350kW. For now though, 50kW
 
agarner said:
I'm new to EVs so I'm a bit in the dark about why the limitation of 50kw at a Tesla station. I asked ChatGPT, and got this answer: "Lucid has not yet announced full NACS integration, so Tesla limits Lucid vehicles to 50 kW as a safety fallback."

It also mentioned it was a software issue. "A software update from Lucid and backend authorization from Tesla could eventually lift the cap even on current models using an adapter."

I have no idea if this is accurate or whether this is likely to change in the future.
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It’s not accurate at all. As others have mentioned in this thread, it’s a hardware limitation of the implementation that Teslas superchargers have. The only fix is deploying new v4 chargers on teslas end.
 
agarner said:
I'm new to EVs so I'm a bit in the dark about why the limitation of 50kw at a Tesla station. I asked ChatGPT, and got this answer: "Lucid has not yet announced full NACS integration, so Tesla limits Lucid vehicles to 50 kW as a safety fallback."

It also mentioned it was a software issue. "A software update from Lucid and backend authorization from Tesla could eventually lift the cap even on current models using an adapter."

I have no idea if this is accurate or whether this is likely to change in the future.
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This is complete garbage. The issue is that current flows from high voltage to low voltage. The Air's battery is 800V to 900V and the Tesla Superchargers are 400V to 500V. The only way to get current to flow from the Supercharger into the air battery is to boost the voltage coming out of the Tesla Supercharger. That voltage boost circuit will only handle 50kW on the Air. Hence, Air charging is limited to 50kW.
 
Thank you all for clarifying. I even asked ChatGPT if it was a hardware issue and it flat out said no. I'll have some words with ChatGPT. I sure hope there are more fast charging options for non-Teslas in the future.
 
agarner said:
Thank you all for clarifying. I even asked ChatGPT if it was a hardware issue and it flat out said no. I'll have some words with ChatGPT. I sure hope there are more fast charging options for non-Teslas in the future.
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AI is just convincing though isn’t it? It’s the artificial salesman, speaks bullshit and hopes you don’t realize 😂
 
The last time I had to think about electricity on a technical level was Physics 102, many moons ago. So, thank you guys for explaining this in a way that some of us non-engineers could understand.
 
I read in a different thread that I need two adapters. One for AC and another for add charging. Are both available in lucid store? Is it easy to figure out if a Tesla charger is Ac or DC? This is good news even with slower speed charging. I use Tesla tap mini at home. Do I still have to buy two adapters?
 
An hour is not that long really, just 30 minutes more, and you get the reliability. And Tesla chargers are usually in better locations than EA
 
HC_79 said:
AI is just convincing though isn’t it? It’s the artificial salesman, speaks bullshit and hopes you don’t realize 😂
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AI is a lot like my daughter - she might have no clue what she is talking about, but she answers with such confidence that you think she must be right.
 
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