Lucid is able to roll out Tesla Supercharger entry for its 2025 Gravity electrical SUV.
Lucid dedicated to undertake the Tesla-developed NACS cost port in November 2023, and stated in September 2024 that the Gravity would get a NACS port someday this yr, shortly after the begin of manufacturing. The automaker on Tuesday confirmed that each Gravity constructed for the U.S. market has a NACS port, with Supercharger entry to go stay Jan. 31.
The Gravity’s NACS port is positioned in the identical spot as on a Tesla—the rear driver’s facet of the car—to facilitate straightforward use of V3 and V4 Supercharger stations. That is a very totally different location than the entrance left fender, the place it had positioned the cost port in prototypes.
Lucid Gravity with Tesla NACS cost port
2025 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring
Lucid expects a sustained charging energy degree of 225 kw on 500-volt DC quick chargers just like the V3 Superchargers and as much as 400 kw with the 1,000-volt output of V4 Superchargers.
At peak charging charges, Lucid estimates that 200 miles of vary could be added in lower than 12 minutes at a peak 400 kw—a major enchancment over the quarter-hour it had beforehand claimed with a 350-kw connector.
Lucid additionally confirmed a 123-kwh battery capability, with cells provided by Panasonic however with what Lucid claims are chemistry updates in comparison with cells used within the automaker’s Air sedan, returning an estimated 450 miles of vary.
Lucid Gravity
Lucid Gravity
Lucid Gravity
A CCS1 adapter is included with NACS-equipped Gravity fashions, matching the 400-kw peak of the NACS port sans adapter, Lucid claims. Fashions outfitted with the NACS port can even nonetheless be able to bidirectional charging at as much as 19.2 kw, in accordance with Lucid.
Bidirectional charging contains the flexibility to cost different EVs, dubbed RangeXchange, a function that debuted on the Lucid Air sedan in 2023. Lucid stated it would add Supercharger entry for the Air within the second quarter of this yr, with extra particulars to comply with.
The 2025 Lucid Gravity arrives in Grand Touring kind with a $94,900 base value earlier than vacation spot. A $79,900 Touring grade is because of arrive for the 2026 mannequin yr. First impressions, within the type of a prototype check drive and a evaluate of a close-to-production Gravity, have been encouraging.
