Lucid’s newly launched Gravity SUV will be capable of entry Tesla’s Supercharger community throughout the US and Canada beginning on January 31. And for the reason that electrical car comes with a built-in port that helps the North American Charging Normal (NACS), it would not want an adapter to have the ability to plug into Tesla’s Superchargers. The automaker says Gravity turned the primary non-Tesla mannequin to be offered with a NACS charging port when its first manufacturing fashions had been delivered to an preliminary batch of shoppers in December 2024. In the intervening time, solely the costlier $94,900 Grand Touring mannequin is on the market for buy, however the firm plans to launch the $79,900 Touring mannequin someday in late 2025.
Emad Dlala, VP of Powertrain at Lucid, stated the automaker developed a “new, distinctive know-how” to make sure the Gravity’s full compatibility with chargers rated at 500V and 1,000V. To be precise, the Lucid Gravity has a 926V charging structure, so charging instances will differ based mostly on the charging station it is plugged into. Dlala stated that the know-how the corporate developed permits the Gravity to “cost seamlessly at as much as 400 kW on 1000V charging gear and at sustained speeds of as much as 225 kW on 500V structure quick chargers, together with Tesla V3 Superchargers.”
Lucid pledged to assist the North American Charging Normal again in 2023 and vowed to offer its clients entry to an adapter for its autos. The corporate stated that the Lucid Air, its electrical sedan that does not presently include built-in NACS ports, may even acquire entry to Tesla’s Supercharger community someday this second quarter.
